¹²The Lord said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites. ¹³After you see it, you, too, will join your ancestors ⸤in death⸥, as your brother Aaron did. ¹⁴You both rebelled against my command in the Desert of Zin. You didn’t show the people how holy I am when they were complaining at the oasis.” (This was the oasis of Meribah at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)

¹⁵Moses said to the Lord, ¹⁶“Lord, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone. Please appoint someone over the community ¹⁷who will lead them in and out ⸤of battle⸥ so that the Lord’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

¹⁸So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua, son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit, and place your hand on him. ¹⁹Make him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community, and give him his instructions in their presence. ²⁰Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him. ²¹He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim^ato make decisions in the Lord’s presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return.”

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Footnotes

a 27:21 The Urim and Thummim were used by the chief priest to determine God’s answer to questions.