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Numbers 27:21

the Urim The sacred lot by which the priests ascertained the will of God.

On the Urim and Tummim see the writer's note on Exodus 28:30.

This verse exemplifies the thought that Joshua's dignity was to be less than that of Moses. Joshua must enquire of God's will through the priest, whereas Moses always received commands straight from God Himself.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST ... - Joshua was thus to be inferior to what Moses had been. For Moses had enjoyed the privilege of unrestricted direct contact with God: Joshua, like all...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE SHALL STAND. take his stand. Hebrew. _'amad,_ as Numbers 27:2. COUNSEL. Supply _Ellipsis_ with the word "judgment" from next clause. FOR. by. AFTER. for. JUDGMENT. decision. URIM. the Urim. Se...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST— It is the opinion both of Jewish and Christian interpreters, that none but persons of the first dignity were allowed to consult the oracle of God in this mann...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. JOSHUA APPOINTED TO SUCCEED MOSES vv. 15-23 TEXT Numbers 27:15. And Moses spoke unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17. Which...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:21 word (a-24) word (a-32) Lit. 'mouth,' as ch. 3.16....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAW OF THE INHERITANCE OF DAUGHTERS. JOSHUA APPOINTED AS THE SUCCESS OR OF MOSES 1-11. According to Numbers 26:53 (Cp. Numbers 27:2) the land was to be apportioned to the males. Zelophehad, of the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    URIM] see on Exodus 28:30....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 27 ZELOPHEHAD’S DAUGHTERS – NUMBERS 27:1-11 V1 Zelophehad’s daughters belonged to Manasseh’s *tribe. Zeloph

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לִ פְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַ כֹּהֵן֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For him. Hebrew adds, "according to the judgment of Urim." See Exodus xxviii. 30. Nothing better shews the theocracy of the Hebrews, as Josephus styles it, (contra Apion, 2,) than this order for the c...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOSHUA APPOINTED LEADER OF THE PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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