I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, “Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.”
Numbers 27:16 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation American Standard Version (1901) Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, Common English Bible “Let the LORD, the God of all living things, appoint someone over the community Catholic Public Domain Version "May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: |
I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, “Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.”
Station yourselves round the king, each of you with weapon in hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.’
and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly to Jeremiah: ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who has given us breath, I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you.’
For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child – both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.
I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
‘ “My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.
But Moses and Aaron fell face down and cried out, ‘O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?’
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’
‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.’ So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.
Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you.