OLD TESTAMENT

Numbers 27:20

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You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

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Verse 20. Precepts, to accept of this office, ( Calmet.) and to discharge it with integrity. Bible.—Glory, not that which shone on the face of Moses, as Onkelos would have it, but all the marks of distinction due to a chief magistrate, ( Calmet.) the insignia of his office. See Exodus 18:21. Salien.—Treat him with respect, as your successor. Menochius.—Let him henceforward commence to exercise his authority before you, that all the people may hear and obey him. Sararius. Tirinus.

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