12 Then Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), “Go up Mt. Avarim and look at the land that I’ve given to the Israelis,[ref] 13 and then you’ll die and join your ancestors just like your brother Aharon did. 14 That’s because back in the Tsin wilderness when the people complained about water, you two rebelled against my command and failed to respect my holiness in front of them. That was when you struck the rock at Meribah near Kadesh in the Tsin wilderness.”

15 Then Mosheh requested Yahweh, 16 “Yahweh, you are the god who directs the spirits of all humankind, so please appoint a new leader for the Israeli people 17 who will stand in front of them and lead them out and bring them in so they won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.[ref]

18 Then Yahweh told Mosheh, “Get Nun’s son Yehoshua (Joshua), a man who has my spirit in him, and place your hands on him to indicate the transfer of leadership.[ref] 19 Stand him in front of the priest Eleazar and all the assembly, and commission him as they watch. 20 Give him some of your authority so that all the Israeli people can hear it. 21 When he needs guidance, he must stand in front of the priest Eleazar and ask for Yahweh’s decision to be given via the Urim. Then Yehoshua and all the people will go in or come out as per Yahweh’s instructions.”[ref] 22 So Mosheh did what Yahweh had ordered him to, and he presented Yehoshua to the priest Eleazar and to the entire community. 23 Mosheh placed his hands on Yehoshua and commissioned him, just has Yahweh had said he should.