Numbers 27:12-23

121Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to this 2mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. 13When you have seen it, you too 3will be gathered to your people, 4as Aaron your brother 5was; 14for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, 6you rebelled against My 7command 8to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

15Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, 16“9May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, 17who 10will go out 11and come in before them, and who will lead them out and 12bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be 13like sheep which have no shepherd.” 18So the Lord said to Moses, “14Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man 15in whom is the Spirit, and 16lay your hand on him; 19and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and 17commission him in their sight. 20You shall put some of your 18authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him. 21Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him 19by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his 20command they shall go out and at his 21command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” 22Moses did just as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23Then he laid his hands on him and 22commissioned him, just as the Lord had spoken 23through Moses.