~ Joshua to Succeed Moses ~

Then the Lord said to Moses,
"Go up this mountain in the Abarim range
and see the land I have given the Israelites.
After you have seen it,
you too will be gathered to your people,
as your brother Aaron was,
for when the community rebelled
at the waters in the Desert of Zin,
both of you disobeyed My command
to honor Me as holy before their eyes."
(These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh,
in the Desert of Zin.)

Moses said to the Lord,
"May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all mankind,
appoint a man over this community
to go out and come in before them,
one who will lead them out and bring them in,
so the Lord's people
will not be like sheep without a shepherd."

So the Lord said to Moses,
"Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit,
and lay your hand on him.
Have him stand before Eleazar the priest
and the entire assembly
and commission him in their presence.
Give him some of your authority
so the whole Israelite community will obey him.
He is to stand before Eleazar the priest,
who will obtain decisions for him
by inquiring of the Urim before the Lord.
At his command
he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out,
and at his command they will come in."

Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
He took Joshua and had him stand
before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly.
Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him,
as the Lord instructed through Moses.

(Numbers 27:12-23)