Numbers 27:16–23

16 “aMay the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

17 who awill go out 1and come in before them, and who will lead them out and 2bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be blike sheep which have no shepherd.”

18 So the Lord said to Moses, “1Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man ain whom is the Spirit, and blay your hand on him;

19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and acommission him in their sight.

20 “You shall put some of your 1authority 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 aby the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his 1command they shall go out and at his 1command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”

22 Moses did just as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

23 Then he laid his hands on him and acommissioned him, just as the Lord had spoken 1through Moses.