Numbers 27:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Who shall go out and come in before them, leading them out and bringing them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ who will go out before them and return before them, someone who will lead them out and bring them back, so that the LORD’s community won’t be like sheep without their shepherd.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd.

Numbers 27:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:2

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’ ”

1 Kings 22:17

And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’ ”

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

2 Kings 11:8

shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever approaches the ranks is to be slain. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

2 Chronicles 1:10

Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this thy people, that is so great?”

2 Chronicles 18:16

And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’ ”

Ezekiel 34:5

So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the wild beasts.

Zechariah 10:2

For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams, and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for want of a shepherd.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 10:6

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

As he went ashore he saw a great throng, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

John 10:9

I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Deuteronomy 31:2

And he said to them, “I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I am no longer able to go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’

1 Peter 2:25

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

1 Samuel 18:13

So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1 Samuel 8:20

that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”