Numbers 27:20
New International Version
Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.

New Living Translation
Transfer some of your authority to him so the whole 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.

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

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

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 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.

NASB 1995
“You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

NASB 1977
“And you shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

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.

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And put some of your glory upon him that all of the assembly of the children of Israel shall obey him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt put of thy glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.

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

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.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.

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

International Standard Version
turning over your authority to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to obey him.

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

Literal Standard Version
and have put of your splendor on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel listens.

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

New American Bible
Invest him with some of your own power, that the whole Israelite community may obey him.

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

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

New Heart English Bible
You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children 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 give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

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

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Context
Joshua to Succeed Moses
19Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight. 20Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him. 21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”…

Cross References
Numbers 27:19
Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.

Numbers 27:21
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him--the entire congregation--will go out and come in."


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall put some of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

he shall

Joshua 9:14
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Judges 20:18,23,26-28
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first…

Urim

Exodus 28:30
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

Leviticus 8:8
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

at his word

Numbers 27:17
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.

Joshua 9:14
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

1 Samuel 22:10-15
And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine…

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Verse 20. - Put some of thine honour upon him, or, "some of thy dignity" (מֵהודְך). Septuagint, δώσεις τῆς δόξης σου ἐπ αὐτόν.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Confer
וְנָתַתָּ֥ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

on him
עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

[some of] your authority,
מֵהֽוֹדְךָ֖ (mê·hō·wḏ·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1935: Splendor, majesty, vigor

so that
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

congregation
עֲדַ֖ת (‘ă·ḏaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

will obey him.
יִשְׁמְע֔וּ (yiš·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently


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