Numbers 27:12-23

Legacy Standard Bible

^12 (A)Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up to this ^(B)mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. ¹³ So when you have seen it, you too ^(C)will be gathered to your people, ^(D)as Aaron your brother ^[a]was, ¹⁴ for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, ^(E)you rebelled against My ^[b]command ^[c]to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Moses Commissions Joshua

¹⁵ Then Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, ¹⁶ “^(F)May Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷ who ^(G)will go out ^[d]and come in before them, and who will lead them out and ^[e]bring them in, so that the congregation of Yahweh will not be ^(H)like sheep which have no shepherd.” ¹⁸ So Yahweh said to Moses, “^[f]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^(I)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(J)lay your hand on him; ¹⁹ and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and ^(K)commission him in their sight. ²⁰ And you shall put some of your ^[g]splendor on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him. ²¹ Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him ^(L)by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his ^[h]command they shall go out, and at his ^[i]command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” ²² So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. ²³ Then he laid his hands on him and ^(M)commissioned him, just as Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.