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Joshua commissioned as Moses' successor

The LORD told Moses to view the promised land and appointed Joshua, a man in whom was the Spirit, to lead Israel. Moses laid his hands on Joshua before Eleazar and the congregation and commissioned him publicly (Numbers 27:12-23).

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Fortieth year, plains of Moab

📖 Numbers 27:12–14

12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites. 13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was; 14for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

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Sources: Scripture — Numbers 27:12-23
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