Numbers 27:20

The NET Bible®

Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el may obey.

King James Version
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

Lexham English Bible
You will give to him from your authority so that the entire community of Israel will obey him.

English Standard Version
You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

New Century Version
Let him share your honor so that all the Israelites will obey him.

Amplified Bible
"You shall put some of your authority and honor on him, so that all the congregation of the Israelites will obey him.

New American Standard Bible
"And you shall put some of your authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And giue him of thy glory, that all the Congregation of ye children of Israel may obey.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall put some of your splendor on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

Contemporary English Version
and tell them they must now obey him, just as they obey you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Delegate to him some of your authority, so that the entire community of Isra'el will obey him.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Show the people that you are making him leader, then all the people will obey him.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall put some of your honor upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey him.

Good News Translation
Give him some of your own authority, so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.

Christian Standard Bible®
Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him.

Literal Translation
And you shall put your honor on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will listen.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& beutyfye him with thy bewty, that the whole congregacion of the children of Israel maye be obediet vnto him.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

Bible in Basic English
And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And put of thy prayse vpon him, that all the companie of the children of Israel may be obedient.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt put some of thine honour vpon him, that all the Congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt put of thy glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

Berean Standard Bible
Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt yyue to hym comaundementis, in the siyt of alle men, and a part of thi glorie, that al the synagoge of the sones of Israel here hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

Update Bible Version
And you shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt put [some] of thy honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

World English Bible
You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

New King James Version
And you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

New Living Translation
Transfer some of your authority to him so the whole community of Israel will obey him.

New Life Bible
Give some of your power to him so all the people of Israel will obey him.

New Revised Standard
You shall give him some of your authority, so that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shalt put some of thine honour upon him, - that all the assembly of the sons of Israel may hearken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hear him.

Revised Standard Version
You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Then Moses spoke to the Lord : ¹⁶ "Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community, ¹⁷ who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd." ¹⁸ The Lord replied to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him; ¹⁹ set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly. ²⁰ Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient. ²¹ And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community." ²² So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community. ²³ He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, by the authority of Moses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put some: Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:28, Numbers 11:29, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:9, 2 Kings 2:9, 2 Kings 2:10, 2 Kings 2:15, 1 Chronicles 29:23, 1 Chronicles 29:25

may be: Joshua 1:16-18

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:2 - glory Deuteronomy 31:14 - I may give

Cross-References

Genesis 24:12
He prayed, "O Lord , God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

Exodus 20:7
"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

Job 13:7
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him,.... Meaning not the Spirit that was on Moses, and the gifts of the Spirit; for to do this was the work of the Lord, and not Moses, see Numbers 11:17, but of the honour of civil government; suggesting that he should give him a share in it, and use him not as a minister and servant, as he had been, but as his colleague and partner; and let him have some of the ensigns of power and authority, and some exercise of it; not only to inure him to government, but to make him respectable among the people:

that all the congregation of Israel may be obedient; to him as their ruler and governor, hearken to his words, and obey his commands.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of thine honor - i. e., of thy dignity and authority (compare Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:28). Joshua was constituted immediately vice-leader under Moses, by way of introduction to his becoming chief after Moses’ death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 27:20. And thou shalt put, &c. — מחודך mechodecha, of thine honour or authority upon him. Thou shalt show to the whole congregation that thou hast associated him with thyself in the government of the people.