mediated to him through Eleazer the priest in the use of the Urim and Thummim (v. 21).14 For all that, however, there can be no doubt about the sense of continuity in this succession, as the laying on of Moses’ hands is meant to indicate (v. 18). Just as in the case of Moses’ sin we spoke of disqualification, so now in Joshua’s case we may speak of qualification. To be sure, grace is ever the principle on which the work of God operates, and we cannot ever speak of “qualifying” for grace. At the same