Numbers 27:17

“Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in, etc.] Which may lead them out, and go before them in war, and command them in battle and bring them in peace, having conquered their enemies; or these phrases only mean the administration of civil government among them, and diligence and assiduity in it, (see <140110>2 Chronicles 1:10), unless it has any peculiar respect to the leading the people of Israel out of the wilderness, and introducing them into the land of Canaan: that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd; and so wander about, having none to guide them into proper pastures, or to…”

“Go out before them - That is, who may wisely conduct them in all their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor from shepherds, who in those places used not to go behind their sheep, as ours now do, but before them, and to lead them forth to their pasture, and in due time to lead them home again. Numbers 27:18”

“go out: Deu 31:2; Sa1 8:20, Sa1 18:13; Sa2 5:2; Kg1 3:7; Ch2 1:10; Joh 10:3, Joh 10:4, Joh 10:9 as sheep: Kg1 22:17; Ch2 18:16; Eze 34:5; Zac 10:2, Zac 13:7; Mat 9:36, Mat 10:6; Mat 15:24; Mar 6:34; Pe1 2:25 Numbers 27:18”