Numbers 27:16

"Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,"

Key Reflection

Moses speaks to the Lord about appointing a successor, a request that likely resonated with the original audience as it addressed their leadership concerns following the long journey through the wilderness. In this context, Moses's plea for a leader who could effectively guide the Israelites into the promised land would have been understood as crucial for maintaining stability and continuity in governance after his own anticipated departure.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The God of the spirits of all flesh -An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compareGenesis 6:3), is of himself helpless; and “lives and moves and has his being” in GodActs 17:28. The words are suitably employed here to introduce an entreaty that God would not leave the congregation without a guide and leader, and inNumbers 16:22as a preface to an intercession that the whole people should not suffer for the sin of a, few.

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