When the time came for Moses to put off the leadership, his eye was not dim nor had his strength abated. He was still able, but he had simply to stand aside for another to take his place in the ongoing plan of God. It would have been so much less painful to have handed it to his own sons than to another man. If only Gershom or Eliezer had been suitable and prepared to take the reins of leadership, it would have eased the pain of relinquishment. But now he had no son of his own to take his place and