King James Version
Numbers 27:19 in the King James Version says “And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.”
Numbers 27:19 · KJV
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And set”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“in their sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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