18-21 God said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun—the Spirit is in him!—and place your hand on him. Stand him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire congregation and commission him with everyone watching. Pass your magisterial authority over to him so that the whole congregation of the People of Israel will listen obediently to him. He is to consult with Eleazar the priest who, using the oracle-Urim, will prayerfully advise him in the presence of God. He will command the People of Israel, the entire community, in all their comings and goings.”

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19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and (A)inaugurate[a] him in their sight. 20 And (B)you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel (C)may be obedient. 21 (D)He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him (E)by the judgment of the Urim. (F)At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 27:19 commission