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Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 28. Chosen among the seventy, and designed, from his youth, to be the general, and successor of Moses; the Hebrew may be understood in all these senses. See Exodus 17:10. Calmet.—Josue was afraid lest they had assumed this air of authority in opposition to Moses. Saint John addressed our Saviour, under the same impressions of zeal, Luc. 9:49.
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