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Landscape Photography Workshops
Take your landscape photographs from so-so to spectacular!
My approach to teaching landscape photography can be summed up in eight words: Master the craft, and the art will follow.
For a landscape photographer, the meaning of craft goes well beyond an understanding of photographic basics like aperture and shutter speed, focus point and depth of field. It also includes the ability to locate promising subjects using topographic maps and computerized mapping tools. These computer programs help photographers visualize how light will play across the landscape and enable them to answer questions such as, "What is the best day in 2015 to photograph the full moon rising through Utah's world-famous Delicate Arch at sunset?"
Mastering the craft also means learning about atmospheric optics, the science of how sunlight interacts with our atmosphere. Atmospheric optics explains why the sky is often blue and sunsets are sometimes red. That knowledge can help photographers seek out spectacular light. Understanding the science of light also permits the knowledgeable photographer to predict where rainbows will appear. Atmospheric optics also explains why the bow-shaped twilight wedge, the blue shadow of the Earth cast on the western sky just before sunrise, reveals that the Earth is round even though you cannot directly observe the curvature of the horizon even from the summit of a 14,000-foot peak.
Most crucially, mastering the craft includes an understanding of how the complexities of human vision affect the way we see the world and the way we view art. To take just one example, our visual system can see a range of light intensities, from brightest highlight to deepest shadow, of about 10,000 to 1. A photographic print can only reproduce a range of light intensities of about 50 to 1. One of the fundamental problems for a landscape photographer is finding the most believable and natural-looking way to compress the very broad range of tones we see in the real world into the much narrower range of tones we can reproduce in a print. My workshops tackle this problem from many angles, starting with exposure in the field and concluding with a variety of techniques in the digital darkroom. These techniques include the "Rembrandt Solution," a technique pioneered by the 17th century master painter that is still relevant in the digital age. Used properly, the Rembrandt Solution can create the illusion of greater dynamic range in a print than actually exists.
All of my workshops, whether group or private, include a strong educational component. You'll not only get the opportunity to make great photographs at spectacular locations, you'll become a better photographer. Unlike some instructors, I never shoot my own photos during your workshop. My attention is focused exclusively on helping you attain your photographic goals.
Get the personal attention you deserve! I offer private photography workshops on all aspects of landscape photography. These sessions can include guided photography sessions in Rocky Mountain National Park, portfolio reviews both in-person and online, and advice on turning pro. I also offer instruction on using Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, and the full version of Photoshop to optimize landscape photographs and prepare them for printing on your inkjet printer or at a service bureau. I customize the length and content of each workshop to be as helpful as possible to each student. Only you and the people you invite will attend your workshop.
I carry full liability insurance and have obtained the necessary permit to operate in Rocky Mountain National Park. I have been photographing professionally in Rocky Mountain National Park since 1993, so I know the area intimately and can lead you directly to the most photogenic locations. All private workshop students booking half-day or longer workshops receive a free copy of Mastering Dramatic Light, my profusely illustrated, 80-page PDF on how to capture great images in high-contrast light.
Private workshops cost $60 per hour for one or two people with a one-hour minimum. A four-hour workshop costs $225 for one or two people. An eight-hour workshop costs $420 for one or two people. Each additional person (beyond two) costs $35 for a four-hour workshop. Each additional person (beyond two) costs $65 for an eight-hour workshop. I ask for a 25 percent deposit to reserve your time. The deposit is refundable up to one week before the start of your workshop if you need to cancel. Deposits are not refundable if the cancellation occurs within one week of the start of your workshop but can be rescheduled at no additional charge. If your workshop will take place in Rocky Mountain National Park, you will be required either to pay a $10 entrance fee per person or to present a valid park pass (seven-day entrance pass, Rocky Mountain National Park annual pass, or other pass valid for entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park). All students booking field sessions are required to sign a liability waiver. Please download, read, print and sign the liability waiver (PDF) and either mail it to Glenn Randall Photography, 2945 Colby Dr., Boulder CO 80305-6303 or bring it with you to your workshop.
For more information or to book your private workshop, please call 303 499-3009 or email me. I look forward to helping you reach your photographic goals!
Group Workshops in Rocky Mountain National Park
Since 2002 I have offered group workshops through the Rocky Mountain Conservancy (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Nature Association), the non-profit educational and fund-raising arm of Rocky Mountain National Park.
In 2015 I will offer three weekend workshops for low-intermediate to advanced-intermediate photographers: Light and Snow: Winter Photography in March, and Mastering the Art and Science of Landscape Photography in June and August. These workshops are intense, information-packed weekends that will help photographers take the next step upward in their artistic development. Complete novices who have just purchased their first digital camera will probably find these workshops too difficult. In addition, students will enjoy two sunrise shoots and one sunset shoot at prime locations in nearby Rocky Mountain National Park.
Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the best places in the state to improve your skills at a landscape photography workshop. The park contains both sunrise and sunset locations that are spectacular, readily accessible, and intriguing, with many possible foregrounds. Choosing the perfect foreground and creating an expressive image will hone your composition and exposure skills. Students will have the opportunity to photography some of the park's most dramatic scenic climaxes. Classroom sessions will cover information every landscape photographer should know:
• How to find great locations using the Photographer's Ephemeris, Heavenly Opportunity, and SkyGazer;
• How to convert your initial emotional reaction to the scene into a carefully crafted composition that will evoke the emotion you are feeling in the mind of your viewer;
• How to photograph successfully in any kind of light, from the soft light of a cloudy day to the high-contrast light of a backlit sunset;
• How to compose, shoot, and stitch together single-row and multi-row panoramas;
• And much more.
All students will receive extensive handouts on the key information covered during the workshop, including Mastering Dramatic Light, an 80-page PDF on how to shoot great images in high-contrast light.
Each student will have 20 minutes of one-on-one time with the instructor. This time can be used for a portfolio review or to discuss any other aspect of landscape photography that interests the student.
Both film and digital photographers are welcome, but film shooters should be aware that they will not be able to get film processed in time to see it during the workshop. If possible, digital photographers should bring a laptop loaded with their favorite image-editing software. These workshops will be based at the Rocky Mountain Conservancy's Field Seminar and Conference Center in Estes Park. The workshop fee does not include meals or lodging. These workshops are not sequential. The workshop cost is $250.
In addition to my weekend workshops, I will be teaching two sessions of a one-day workshop called Shooting the Stars. This course will teach photographers how to make spectacular landscape photographs at night. Recent advances in digital-camera technology have made it possible to capture the magnificent night sky as we see it, with no apparent movement of the stars. Even older cameras, however, can capture the graceful arcs made by stars as they appear to move across the heavens. We'll start with a classroom session, where I'll explain how to use Skygazer and the Photographers Ephemeris, two computer programs, to plan when and where to go to shoot the brightest and most interesting part of the Milky Way. I'll teach students how to focus at night and what camera settings to use to achieve correct exposure and reveal the largest number of stars. I'll also teach students how to set up, shoot, and stitch together a complete Milky Way panorama, which may have an angle of view of 180 degrees left to right and 90 degrees top to bottom. After the classroom session, we'll head up Trail Ridge Road to shoot sunset. When the sky becomes completely dark about two hours after sunset, we'll work on shots of the Milky Way over Longs Peak. This workshop will be based at the Rocky Mountain Conservancy's Field Seminar and Conference Center in Estes Park. The workshop fee does not include meals or lodging. The workshop cost is $125.
For more information on the seminars, please contact me at 303 499-3009 or email me. To register, please visit the Rocky Mountain Conservancy website or call 970 586-3262. All registration for Rocky Mountain Conservancy workshops is handled by the conservancy, not through this website.
2015 weekend landscape photography workshops
Light and Snow: Winter Photography, February 27 (evening) to March 1, 2015
Mastering the Art and Science of Landscape Photography, June 12 (evening) to June 14, 2015
Mastering the Art and Science of Landscape Photography, August 14 (evening) to August 16, 2015
2015 night photography workshops
Shooting the Stars, June 20, 2015, and July 18, 2015
To download the syllabus (PDF) for any of my 2015 Rocky Mountain Conservancy workshops, please click the appropriate link below.
Syllabus for February 27-March 1, 2015, Light and Snow workshop
Syllabus for June 12-14, 2015, Mastering the Art and Science of Landscape Photography workshop
Syllabus for June 20 and July 18, 2015, Shooting the Stars workshops
Syllabus for August 14-16, 2015, Mastering the Art and Science of Landscape Photography workshop
Download the complete 2015 Rocky Mountain Conservancy catalog (PDF, 1 megabyte)
Rocky Mountain Conservancy cancellation and rescheduling policy
Cancellations received at least 14 days prior to the start of a seminar will qualify for a refund minus a cancellation fee of $50.00. Cancellations received less than 14 days prior to the start of a seminar will not generate a refund. Rescheduling a workshop less than 14 days prior to the start of the seminar is not allowed. If RMC cancels a seminar, every effort will be made to place the participant in another seminar; otherwise, a full refund will be given. Students must be at least 18 years old at the time the workshop begins.
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
From April 20-24, 2015, I will teach a five-day workshop called The Art and Science of Landscape Photography for Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The workshop will explore the topics I introduce in my workshops for the Rocky Mountain Nature Association in even greater depth. In the morning, students will listen to lectures and edit their images in the school's top-flight computer laboratory. During the afternoon and evening, students will practice what they have learned while shooting at the many scenic locations near Santa Fe. Students will also be offered an opportunity for half an hour of one-on-one time with the instructor. This time can be used for a portfolio review or to discuss any aspect of landscape photography that interests the student. The workshop fee is $1,165 plus a $70 location fee. For more information about these workshops and to register, please visit Santa Fe Photographic Workshops or call 505 983-1400. All registration for Santa Fe Photographic Workshops is handled through Santa Fe, not through this website. For more information about the April 2015 workshop, please call me at 303 499-3009 or email me.
To download a PDF of the syllabus for my April 2015 Santa Fe workshop, please click the link below.
Syllabus for April 2015 workshop
2015 Colorado Photography Festival
The 2015 Colorado Photography Festival is tentatively scheduled for August 8-10. Detailed plans for the 2015 festival will be announced in January 2015. Please visit www.coloradophotographyfestival.com for the most up-to-date information. All registration for these workshops is handled by the festival, not through this website.
Here's what my students have had to say about my workshops:
"A+! Surpassed all my expectations!"
"Fantastic seminar and instructor! I really do feel like I will now be able to take my photography to the next level."
"Top-flight instructor - knew his material and, even more importantly, knew how to teach it."
"I've been photographing for 10 years now, and I still learned a ton in this class!"
"Glenn was a very good instructor, able to handle novices and experts in the same class, all of us learning something."
"I have taken photo seminars before from other instructors but Glenn was far superior. I learned a lot more than I expected."
"Glenn is an excellent instructor. He explains the complex concepts in easy-to-understand language. He is very professional and cares very much about helping the students."
"He is the one instructor I've had who is more interested in helping the students improve their photography skills rather than taking good photos himself."
"It was my first workshop ever and I can't wait to sign up for more. I believe Glenn was a wonderful instructor and feel very honored that he shared so much of his personal knowledge that he worked so long and hard to gain. That really is priceless in my book."
"I learned more in that one weekend at your workshop than I learned in five or six other workshops combined."
"Awesome instructor! Great personalized and group instruction, expert knowledge. I appreciated that he could explain the science and physics behind the topics and techniques he presented. This course gave me the background to dive much further into digital photography."
"The seminar was so helpful on every possible level. Glenn is awesome and a really great, personable, friendly teacher."
"Thank you so much for all the great tips. Your workshop will completely change the way I take pictures in the future. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!"
"Glenn is exceptionally knowledgeable, incredibly prepared, and is an excellent teacher."
"Thanks for the outstanding workshop. Your knowledge of all aspects of landscape photography and your ability to teach are impressive. I can tell you strive to hear where a student is coming from and coach them to evolve to the next level."
"I also wanted to share that I thought you were a wonderful teacher. You really took time to answer every question with great patience. I've taken a lot of classes and finding a great photographer that is also a great teacher is very rare. You were by far the best photography teacher I have ever had. The time you spent with me on composition was fantastic and I have heard your voice in my head repeatedly as I take photos. You were also unusual in that you actually altered your presentation to address the specific goals that each of your students shared when submitting your questionnaire. Thank you."
"Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the recent "Shooting the Stars" class and to say what an excellent instructor Glenn Randall is. I've taken quite a few photography workshops, seminars, & classes over the years, and Mr. Randall is by far the best instructor—he is well organized, he covered everything a beginner needs to get started in night photography, plus what toys you will have to get if you decide to be serious about this. Also he went around to all attendees several times in the field to be quite sure we all understood what to do, which is unheard of in my experience; most instructors expect you to hunt them down if you have questions. I was very impressed!"
For more information, email me or call 303 499-3009.
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Rest of you to get your teams up with batting order/captains etc so as I can post the voting thread. chur
"Causation - still a leading cause of correlation."
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tubby taylor (c)
virender sehwag
wg grace (vvc)
mick clarke (vc)
ashwell prince
colin mccool
romesh kaluwitharana +
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andy bichel
nath lyon
chis martin
dan vettori to come in when we play on the subbie
nice game howie, even more luck than a regular one, think my team turned out alright. sehwag in the end saved my structure
bold move not to bat clarke at 5
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Justin Langer
Jack Hobbs
Mohammed Azharuddin
Carl Hooper
Paul Collingwood
Asif Iqbal
Denesh Ramdin
Merv Hughes
Bobby Peel
Bill Johnson
Bert Vogler
12th Man - Umar Gul
And they shall be called the HOnest Hunks..
Love the opening pair.. Decent middle order.. LOts of spin options.. Hooper with offies, Collingwood with spinnish medium pace Iqbal the leggie.. Good fast bowlers too.. Bill Johnson and Bert Vogler with Hughes as first change.. Pretty good side overall but for Ramdin a
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
A cricket supporter forever
Member of CW Red and AAAS - Appreciating only the best.
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Vogler was a leggie, wasn't he?
Must have gotten mine mixed up.. I was travelling across from the US to India this weekend so haven't been online much at all.. Cricinfo lists him as fast medium, medium and leggie.. But I now realize he was a leggie primarily from reading the description..
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Oct 15, 2012 8:44 PM by Christina Jensen, KSBY News
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Wed, Aug 25, 10 at 15:44
I have two palm trees in my house I don't know the names of and would like to research.
And this one i'm pretty sure it's not a palm but this forum might know anyways.
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- Posted by protempsfish (My Page) on Wed, Aug 25, 10 at 16:04
The first one looks like a silver date palm (Phoenix sylvestris) and the second one is some sort of yucca tree. |
Phoenix something and to the right of it a Yucca and a Wasshingtonia Robusta to the left. How long ago did yout move in? the Robusta is at most a year old. |
- Posted by tropicpalms (My Page) on Wed, Aug 25, 10 at 23:06
The first palm tree looks more like a Phoenix Dactylifera to me ( i have 6 dif. date palms in a good size and it just looks a little more like a dacty. to me.) the second is a Yucca Rostrata and i would say a Washingtonia Filiferia because your in Cali... just like the huge trunk pictured is a filiferia so i would guess that little one is also... very nice palms tho -Justin in Vb |
I agree with the Phoenix dactylifera and W filifera id, but the Yucca appears to have 'hairs' on the leaves which rostrata does not have... but I don't know what Yucca it is... just not rostrata. Phoenix sylvestris is pretty rare in California while dactyliferas are everywhere. |
- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 26, 10 at 0:10
Your "yucca" looks like a Dasylirion to me. Not sure which type though. -Alex |
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Photosig has a couple of images that I liked this morning:
- Nightriding – I have to try something like this. It's surreal. Liam created a nightime photo of his own. I took a few photos last night, and may post a few later!
- Trine – In this day and age of computer post processing this is a great example of what can be done, without a computer!
- Brothers – great portrait of 3 kids. Good DOF, and well composed!
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I was a guest on a San Francisco Giants-themed podcast on Tuesday, the night before Game 1 of the World Series. Danny and Thomas, the fine hosts of Two Guys, A Glove & A Coke Bottle, asked me if I'd noticed that the Giants had only faced right-handed starting pitchers through the National League Division Series against the Reds, and the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals, and would only face right-handed starting pitchers in the World Series against the Tigers. "Hmmm," I said. "I hadn't noticed that," or words to that effect.
I was deliriously tired after the podcast, as I'd attended Games 6 and 7 of the NLCS at AT&T Park, and spent my other waking hours since Sunday writing about the Giants and baseball. I know, tough life. I'm not complaining, just explaining why I didn't immediately do any follow-up research on the Giants' postseason-streak of facing only right-handed starters.
Yesterday, my friend Anna, the lovely and talented @SFBleacherGirl, wondered aloud on Twitter whether any team other than the Giants had faced only right-handed starters throughout the postseason. "Oh," I said in my empty home office, "I meant to look at that after the podcast." "Thanks Anna," I tweeted back, "I'm going to write a post about that!"
So here we are.
The 2012 San Francisco Giants are the only team since League Championship Series were introduced in 1969 to (1) play in the World Series; and (2) face a right-handed starter in every postseason game.
In the Division Series against the Reds, the Giants faced Johnny Cueto, Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey, Mike Leake and Mat Latos, all right-handed starters. In the League Championship Series against the Cardinals, the Giants faced Lance Lynn (in Games 1 and 5), Chris Carpenter (in Games 2 and 6), Kyle Lohse (in Games 3 and 7), and Adam Wainwright, all right-handed starters.
In Game 1 of the World Series, the Giants faced Justin Verlander. In Game 2 it was Doug Fister. In Game 3, scheduled for tonight, San Francisco will go up against Anibal Sanchez. In Game 4, to be played on Sunday night, the Tigers will send Max Scherzer to the mound. Then it will be Verlander, Fister, and Sanchez again, if necessary. All are right-handed starters.
Getting an answer to Anna's question wasn't easy. Sure, I could have read through every postseason box score dating back to 1969 and then looked up the handedness of each starting pitcher (at least the ones I didn't know off the top of my head). But that would have taken a long, long time. Instead, I queried the indispensable Play Index on Baseball-Reference for all postseason games since 1969 started by right-handed pitchers. Then I organized the results by year and opposing team.
Here are the results for the 2012 Giants that Play Index search:
Notice that every game of every series is listed. There are no gaps. For every other team that played in a World Series from 1969 to 2012, there was at least one gap, one missing game in which the team faced a left-handed starting pitcher.
The team closest to the Giants record? There are two. The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1998 New York Yankees. The 2004 Cardinals faced only right-handed starters in the NLCS against the Astros and in the World Series against the Red Sox. But in the Division Series, the Cards faced off twice against the Dodgers' Odalis Perez, a lefty. Sorry Cardinals. The 1998 Yankees were up against only right-handed starters on the Rangers in the Division Series, and only right-handed starters on the Indians in the ALCS. But in World Series Game 3, the Padres sent Sterling Hitchcock to the mound against New York–the only lefty starter the Yankees faced the entire postseason. Sorry Yankees.
One more thing: In the regular season, the Giants had a much better record when facing a left-handed starting pitcher. San Francisco was 40-19 against lefty starters with a .273/.320/.420 batting line. Against right-handed starters they were 54-49 with a .267/.332/.383 batting line.
In the postseason so far, the Giants 9-5, all against right-handed starters. Two more wins against righties and the Giants will have their second World Series Championship in the last three years.


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The daughters of Zelophehad apply for an inheritance, The law of inheritances. (1-11) Moses warned of his death. (12-14) Joshua appointed to succeed Moses. (15-23)
Verses 1-11 The five daughters of Zelophehad considered themselves as left destitute, having neither father nor brother to inherit any land. Their believing expectation that the word of the Lord would be performed in due season, and their desire of an interest in the promised inheritance; and the modest, candid manner in which they asked, without secret murmurs or discontents, are a good example. They ask for a possession in the land of Canaan. Herein they discovered, 1. Strong faith in the power and promise of God, concerning the giving of the land of Canaan to Israel. 2. And earnest desire of a place and name in the land of promise, which was a type of heaven. 3. Respect and honour for their father, whose name was dear to them now he was gone. He never had done any thing that might bar his children's claim. It is a comfort to parents when they come to die, if though they have smarted for their own sin, yet they are not conscious of any of those iniquities which God will visit on their children. God himself gives judgment. He takes notice of the affairs, not only of nations, but of private families, and orders them according to his will. The petition is granted. Those who seek an inheritance in the land of promise, shall have what they seek for, and other things shall be added to them.
Verses 12-14 Moses must die, but he shall have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise. This sight of Canaan signified his believing prospect of the better country, that is, the heavenly. Moses must die, but death does not cut him off; it only brings him to rest with the holy patriarchs. It is but to die as they died, having lived as they lived; and as their end was peace, why should we fear any evil in the passage of that dark valley?
Verses 15-23 Envious spirits do not love their successors; but Moses was not one of these. We should concern ourselves, both in our prayers and in our endeavours, for the rising generation, that religion may be maintained and advanced, when we are in our graves. God appoints a successor, even Joshua; who had signalized himself by his courage in fighting Amalek, his humility in ministering to Moses, and his faith and sincerity in witnessing against the report of the evil spies. This man God appoints to succeed Moses; a man in whom is the Spirit, the Spirit of grace. He is a good man, fearing God and hating covetousness, and acting from principle. He has the spirit of government; he is fit to do the work and discharge the trusts of his place. He has a spirit of conduct and courage; he had also the Spirit of prophecy. That man is not fully qualified for any service in the church of Christ, who is destitute of the graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, whatever human abilities he may possess. And in Joshua's succession we are reminded "that the law was given by Moses," who by reason of our transgression could not bring us to heaven; but "grace and truth came by Jesus Christ," for the salvation of every believer.
Numbers 27:1-11 . THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD ASK FOR AN INHERITANCE.
3. Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not . . . in the company of . . . Korah--This declaration might be necessary because his death might have occurred about the time of that rebellion; and especially because, as the children of these conspirators were involved along with their fathers in the awful punishment, their plea appeared the more proper and forcible that their father did not die for any cause that doomed his family to lose their lives or their inheritance.
died in his own sin--that is, by the common law of mortality to which men, through sin, are subject.
4. Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father--Those young women perceived that the males only in families had been registered in the census. Because there were none in their household, their family was omitted. So they made known their grievance to Moses, and the authorities conjoined with him in administering justice. The case was important; and as the peculiarity of daughters being the sole members of a family would be no infrequent or uncommon occurrence, the law of inheritance, under divine authority, was extended not only to meet all similar cases, but other cases also--such as when there were no children left by the proprietor, and no brothers to succeed him. A distribution of the promised land was about to be made; and it is interesting to know the legal provision made in these comparatively rare cases for preserving a patrimony from being alienated to another
Numbers 27:12-17 . MOSES BEING TOLD OF HIS APPROACHING DEATH, ASKS FOR A SUCCESSOR.
12. The Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land--Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on one of the Moabitic range of mountains, to which the general name of Abarim was given ( Numbers 33:47 ). The privation of this great honor was owing to the unhappy conduct he had manifested in the striking of the rock at Meribah [ Numbers 20:12 ]; and while the pious leader submitted with meek acquiescence to the divine decree, he evinced the spirit of genuine patriotism in his fervent prayers for the appointment of a worthy and competent successor ( Numbers 27:15-17 ).
16. God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation--The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author of all the intellectual gifts and moral graces with which men are endowed, and who can raise up qualified persons for the most arduous duties and the most difficult situations.
Numbers 27:18-23 . JOSHUA APPOINTED TO SUCCEED HIM.
18. Take thee Joshua . . . a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him--A strong testimony is here borne to the personality of the divine Spirit--the imposition of hands was an ancient ceremony. (See Genesis 48:14 , Leviticus 1:4 , 1 Timothy 4:14 ).
20, 21. Thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him--In the whole history of Israel there arose no prophet or ruler in all respects like unto Moses till the Messiah appeared, whose glory eclipsed all. But Joshua was honored and qualified in an eminent degree, through the special service of the high priest, who asked counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord.