Numbers 27:16 Cross References

Numbers 27:16

16: "O LORD, the God of the spirits of all living things, please appoint a new leader for the community.

But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. "O God, the God and source of all life," they pleaded. "Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?"

Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?

So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he instructed my father that I should do. For the LORD told him, `Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.'

All right, here is the king you have chosen. Look him over. You asked for him, and the LORD has granted your request.

And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.

And I will give you leaders after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge and understanding.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and take him with you to the Tabernacle, and I will commission him there." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.

"And now beware! Be sure that you feed and shepherd God's flock--his church, purchased with his blood--over whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.

So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send out more workers for his fields."

"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search and find my sheep.
I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.
I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers in all the places where people live.
Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in lush mountain pastures.
I myself will tend my sheep and cause them to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign LORD.

Then I will appoint responsible shepherds to care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one of them will be lost or missing," says the LORD.
"For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

Care for the flock of God entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly--not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.
Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your good example.
And when the head Shepherd comes, your reward will be a never-ending share in his glory and honor.

"My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and keep my laws.

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