Numbers 27:12-17

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.”