Numbers 27:16

Joshua Succeeds Moses

¹⁵ Moses responded to the LORD, ¹⁶ "May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community ¹⁷ who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD'S community won't be like a flock without a shepherd."

God of the Spirits

Living Creature

Living Creatures

Jehovah

Numbers 16:22

Then they fell on their faces and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will you be angry at the entire congregation on account of one man's sin?"

Deuteronomy 31:14

Then the LORD told Moses: "Look! Because your time to die is approaching, call Joshua, present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, and then I will commission him." Moses and Joshua complied and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

1 Samuel 12:13

"Now, here is the king you have chosen, the one whom you asked for. See, the Lord has appointed a king over you.

1 Kings 5:5

So now I'm planning to build a temple dedicated to the LORD my God, just as the LORD told my father when he said, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne to replace you, will build the Temple dedicated to me.'

Jeremiah 3:15

I'll give you shepherds after my own heart, and they'll shepherd you with knowledge and good sense."

Jeremiah 23:4-5

I'll raise up shepherds over them, and they'll shepherd them. My flock will no longer be afraid or terrified, and none will be missing," declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:11-16

"This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself.

Ezekiel 34:23

""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.

Ezekiel 37:24

"""My servant King David will be there for them, and one shepherd will be appointed for them. They will live according to my decrees, keep my regulations, and practice them.

Matthew 9:38

So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

John 10:11

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?

1 Peter 5:2-4

Be shepherds of God's flock that is among you, watching over it, not because you must but because you want to, and not greedily but eagerly, as God desires.