Numbers 27:17

Moses Requests a Successor

16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation17who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

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Berean Standard Bible
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
American Standard Version (1901)
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
Bible in Basic English
To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.
Free Bible Version
who will tell them what to do and show them where to go, so that the people of the Lord won't be like sheep without a shepherd.”
King James (Authorized) Version
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
One Unity Resource Bible
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Adonai not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”
Translation for Translators
Appoint someone who will lead your people when they go to fight a battle, so that they will not just wander around like sheep that do not have a shepherd.” [SIM]
Unlocked Literal Bible
a man who may go out and come in before them and lead them out and bring them in, so that your community is not like sheep that have no shepherd.”
Noah Webster Bible
Who may go out before them, and who may go in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
World English Bible
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”
Young's Literal Translation
who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.'