Scripture

Numbers 27

3 passages from 3 books in the Christian Reader library reference Numbers 27.

Sermon
from A Body of Practical Divinity by Thomas Watson · cites Numbers 27:21

Why did God reckon the tribe of Levi for the firstborn (Numbers 3:12)? Why did he appoint that the prince should ask counsel of God by the priest (Numbers 27:21)? Why did the Lord show by that miracle of Aaron's rod flourishing, that he had chosen the tribe of Levi to minister b…
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An Exposition Upon the Three First Chapters of the Book of Job
from Exposition of Job 1-3 by Joseph Caryl · cites Numbers 27:16

The meaning then is explained in the words following, if there be any that executes judgment, that is, if there be a magistrate, a public man, that's the man I mean. So in Numbers 27:16, we find the word to signify a Magistrate, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,…
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Hallowed Be Your Name
from Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer by Thomas Manton · cites Numbers 27:16

It is a title often given to God in Scripture, that he is the God of the Spirits of all Flesh. If they had a magistrate to choose, they go to God (Numbers 27:16): Let the Lord, the God of the Spirits of all Flesh, set a man over the congregation. If a judgment to be averted (Num…
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