King James Version
Numbers 27:20 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.”
Numbers 27:20 · KJV
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.
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“may be obedient”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“upon him that all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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