Numbers 27:3
27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the
     company of them that gathered themselves together against
     the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own {a}
     sin, and had no sons.

     (a) According as all men die, for as much as they are
         sinners.

Numbers 27:5
27:5 And Moses brought their {b} cause before the LORD.

     (b) That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he
         should determine, as he did all hard matters.

Numbers 27:11
27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
      inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his
      family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the
      children of Israel a statute of {c} judgment, as the LORD
      commanded Moses.

      (c) Meaning, an ordinance to judge by.

Numbers 27:16
27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the {d} spirits of all flesh, set
      a man over the congregation,

      (d) Who as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all
          men.

Numbers 27:17
27:17 Which may {e} go out before them, and which may go in
      before them, and which may lead them out, and which may
      bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as
      sheep which have no shepherd.

      (e) That is, govern them and do his duty, as in
          2 Chronicles 1:10.

Numbers 27:18
27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of
      Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and {f} lay thine hand
      upon him;

      (f) And so appoint him governor.

Numbers 27:20
27:20 And thou shalt {g} put [some] of thine honour upon him,
      that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be
      obedient.

      (g) Commend him to the people as suitable for the office
          and appointed by God.

Numbers 27:21
27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall
      ask [counsel] for him after the {h} judgment of Urim
      before the LORD: 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.

      (h) According to his office: signifying that the civil
          magistrate could execute nothing but that which he
          knew to be the will of God.

Numbers 27:23
27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a {i} charge,
      as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

      (i) How he should govern himself in his office.