Joshua Chosen to Lead

¹²The LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of Abarim and look out over the land I have given to the people of Israel. ¹³When you have seen it, you too will join your ancestors, just as Aaron your brother did. ¹⁴This is because you both rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin when the community quarreled with me. You failed to honor me as holy before their eyes at the waters." These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. ¹⁵Moses said to the LORD, ¹⁶Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷someone who will go out before them and come in before them, who will lead them out and bring them in, so the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd. ¹⁸The LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hand on him. ¹⁹Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire community, and commission him in front of everyone. ²⁰And you shall give him some of your honor, so that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. ²¹He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him according to the judgment of Urim before the LORD. At his word, they will go out, and at his word, they will come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, the entire congregation. ²²Moses did exactly what the LORD commanded. He brought Joshua before Eleazar the priest and the whole community. ²³He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD had instructed through Moses.