Numbers 27:16

Joshua Succeeds Moses

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."

God of the Spirits

Living Creature

Living Creatures

Jehovah

Numbers 16:22

Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?"

Deuteronomy 31:14

Then the Lord said to Moses, "The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him." So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 12:13

Now look! Here is the king you have chosen -- the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Kings 5:5

So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, 'Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.'

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

Jeremiah 23:4-5

I will install rulers over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. I, the Lord, promise it!

Ezekiel 34:11-16

"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 37:24

"'My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.

Matthew 9:38

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

John 10:11

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

Acts 20:28

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

1 Peter 5:2-4

Give a shepherd's care to God's flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God's direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.