King James Version
Numbers 27:23 in the King James Version says “And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.”
Numbers 27:23 · KJV
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:
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he laid”
H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“by the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“commanded”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“by the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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