Numbers 27:5
in Numbers 27So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
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ASV
And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
KJV
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
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This verse in Numbers 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From off the mercy seat, where he consulted him, and from whence he promised to commune with him about any difficult matter that came before him, Exo 25:22, saying; as follows.
This site's exposition
And Moses brought their cause
on Numbers 27:5-6
Moses hears a case he has no law for and leaves it undecided. This is the third time in Numbers that a situation arises which the law does not cover, after the men defiled by a dead body at 9:6-8 and the sabbath-breaker at 15:32-36, and Numbers 9:8 gives the shape of all of them, I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. Gill takes the answer of verse 6 as spoken from off the mercy seat, on the promise of Exodus 25:22 and as Numbers 7:89 records it happening.
The record, by era
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And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְרֵ֥ב | vaiyakrev | and he brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִשְׁפָּטָ֖ן | mishpatan | case their | H4941 → | 422 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיַּקְרֵ֥בand he brought near
vaiyakrevH7126 →280 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִשְׁפָּטָ֖ןcase their
mishpatanH4941 →422 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you…
it leads to
- Exodus 29:42–43
For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
- Numbers 7:89
When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony.…
- Isaiah 37:16
“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- 2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Psalms 80:1
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Exodus 29:42–43
Through
Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
it leads to
- Job 13:18
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
- Daniel 9:18–19
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our…
- Job 13:18
Through
Numbers 9:8“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
it leads to
- Psalms 85:8
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Psalms 85:8
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.