Numbers 27:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ “And he is to stand before Elʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him before the Lord by the judgment of the Urim [one of two articles in the priest's breastplate worn when asking counsel of the Lord for the people]. At Joshua's word the people shall go out and come in, both he and all the Israelite congregation with him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Common English Bible

²¹ He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will determine for him the decision by lot before the LORD. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him, the entire community, will go out, and at his command they will return.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ On his behalf, if anything is to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord. He, and all the sons of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude, shall go out and enter in at his word."

Numbers 27:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

Ezra 2:63

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most set-apart gifts until there stood up a priest with the Urim and Tummim.

Nehemiah 7:65

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most set-apart gifts until a priest stood up with the Urim and Tummim.

Exodus 28:30

“And into the breastplate of right-ruling you shall put the Urim and the Tummim, and they shall be on the heart of Aharon when he goes in before יהוה. And Aharon shall bear the right-ruling of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 8:8

and put the breastplate on him, and put the Urim and the Tummim in the breastplate,

Malachi 2:7

“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה  of hosts.

Numbers 27:17

who goes out before them and comes in before them, who leads them out and brings them in, so that the congregation of יהוה  be not like sheep without a shepherd.”

Numbers 27:2

And they stood before Mosheh, and before Elʽ

Numbers 27:20

and shall put some of your esteem upon him, so that all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 27:22

And Mosheh did as יהוה  commanded him, and took Yehoshua and set him before Elʽ

Numbers 27:5

Mosheh then brought their case before יהוה.

Deuteronomy 31:3

“יהוה  your Elohim Himself is passing over before you. He shall destroy these nations from before you and you possess them. Yehoshua himself is passing over before you, as יהוה  has spoken.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Lĕ

Joshua 9:14

And the men of Yisra’ĕ

Judges 1:1

And it came to be, after the death of Yehoshua, that the children of Yisra’ĕ

Judges 20:18

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Judges 20:23

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 14:19

And it came to be, while Sha’ul talked to the priest, that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines went on, and became great, so Sha’ul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

1 Samuel 23:9

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 28:6

And Sha’ul inquired of יהוה, but יהוה  did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.

1 Samuel 30:7

And Dawiḏ