Chiasm
Numbers 27:18–23
Numbers 27:18–233 matched frames1 pivot
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- A 18 And the LORD said unto Moses,
- B 18-19 Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
- C 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
- D 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD:
- C' 21 at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
- C 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
- B' 22-23 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge,
- B 18-19 Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
- A' 23 as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.