Numbers 4:34

Summary

4:34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

Numbers 16:45

16:45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹ 

Numbers 20:27

20:27 So Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight ²  of the whole community.

Numbers 22:3

22:3 And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

Numbers 27:20

27:20 Then you must delegate ³  some of your authority ⁴  to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient. ⁵ 

Numbers 27:22

27:22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and set ⁶  him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.

Numbers 32:23

32:23 “But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned ⁷  against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

¹ tn Heb “they fell on their faces.”

¹ tn Heb “eyes.”

¹ tn The verb is simply “give,” but in this context giving some of Moses’ honor to Joshua in the presence of the people is essentially passing the leadership to him, or delegating the authority to him with the result that people would follow him.

² tc The Greek, Syriac, and Vulgate read “glory” for this form that occurs only here in the Pentateuch. Elsewhere it is rendered “majesty, splendor” (see Ps 96:6). It could even be “vitality” here. The authority being transferred here is both spiritual and civil.

³ tn Heb “hear.”

¹ tn Heb “stood.”

¹ tn The nuance of the perfect tense here has to be the future perfect.