And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
Parallel translations
- WEB Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.
- BSB Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
- NKJV set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight.
- NASB and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight.
- NLT Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people.
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Quick answer
Joshua is to be commissioned publicly before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation.
Overview
The transfer of leadership occurs openly before priest and people, lending it full legitimacy and the people's recognition. Pairing the new leader with the high priest shows that Israel's governance was to remain under God's authority, with civil and priestly offices serving His covenant purposes together.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 3:28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
- Deut 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
- Deut 31:7–8And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
- Acts 20:28–31Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Col 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
- 1 Tim 6:13–17I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
- 1 Tim 5:21I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
- 2 Tim 4:1–6I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
- Luke 9:1–5Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
- Luke 10:2–11Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
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