10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israel aa statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Joshua the Next Leader of Israel
12 Now the Lord said to Moses: a“Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
13 And when you have seen it, you also ashall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you arebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the bwaters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying:
16 “Let the Lord, athe God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
17 awho may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be blike sheep which have no shepherd.”
18 And the Lord said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man ain whom is the Spirit, and blay your hand on him;
19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and ainaugurate him in their sight.
20 And ayou shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel bmay be obedient.
21 aHe shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him bby the judgment of the Urim. cAt his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”
22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
23 And he laid his hands on him aand inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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