Numbers 27:15
in Numbers 27So Moses appealed to the LORD,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
KJV
And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
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This verse in Numbers 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And Moses spake unto the Lord
on Numbers 27:15-16
Moses answers the sentence by asking for a successor, and the request is made for the people. Deuteronomy 3:23-26 records that he also pleaded to be allowed over Jordan and was refused, which Numbers does not report, and both accounts stand. He addresses God as the God of the spirits of all flesh, the title he and Aaron used on their faces at Numbers 16:22 when the whole congregation stood to be destroyed. Barnes reads the title as an acknowledgment that the men who need a leader are flesh and helpless of themselves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses spake unto the Lord - Concerning his successor. We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among men, when we are in our graves.
And Moses spake unto the Lord,.... Having requested to go into the land and see it, which was denied him; and perceiving he must quickly die, and being a man of a public spirit, and concerned for the welfare of the people of Israel, prays that a successor might be nominated and appointed: saying; as follows.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.