A Shepherd for the People

In the wilderness

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Numbers 27:15–17

¹⁵Moses said to the LORD, ¹⁶Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷someone who will go out before them and come in before them, who will lead them out and bring them in, so the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

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About this passage

Prayers of MosesA Shepherd for the People

What happened

When the LORD told Moses he would soon die, Moses asked him to appoint a leader. He did not want the LORD's people to be like sheep without a shepherd. The LORD chose Joshua.

Where this fits

One of 17 passages in Moses' Prayers of Moses, in the group “In the wilderness.”

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