Numbers 27:23
And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things that the Lord had commanded.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et impositis capiti ejus manibus, cuncta replicavit quæ mandaverat Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπέθηκεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, καὶ συνέστησεν αὐτόν, καθάπερ συνέταξεν Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּסְמֹ֧ךְ אֶת יָדָ֛יו עָלָ֖יו וַיְצַוֵּ֑הוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַד מֹשֶֽׁה
Haydock's commentary
Commanded. This Moses executed on his birth-day, when he was 120 years old, (Deuteronomy xxxi. 2, 7,) having frequently before given proper instructions to Josue, Deuteronomy i. 38., and xxxii. 44. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Fragments from the Lost Writings of, XX
“And he laid his hands upon him.” The countenance of Joshua was also glorified by the imposition of the hands of Moses, but not to the same degree [as that of Moses]. Inasmuch, then, as he had obtained a certain degree of grace, [the Lord] said, “And thou shall confer upon him of thy glory.” For [in this case] the thing given does not cease to belong to the giver.