¹³ So Moses rose with his assistant ^(A)Joshua, and Moses went up ^(B)into the mountain of God.

¹¹ Thus ^(A)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his ^(B)assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

¹⁶ These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called ^(A)Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

¹⁸ So the Lord said to Moses, “Take ^(A)Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^(B)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(C)lay your hand on him. ¹⁹ Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall ^(D)commission him in their sight. ²⁰ You shall invest him with some of your authority, ^(E)that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

²² And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, ²³ and he laid his hands on him and ^(A)commissioned him as the Lord directed through Moses.

⁷ Then ^(A)Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ^(B)“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it.

Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel

¹⁴ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that ^(B)I may commission him.” And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

⁹ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of ^(A)the spirit of wisdom, for ^(B)Moses had laid his hands on him. So ^(C)the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.