Numbers 27:22

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and the entire community.

Numbers 27:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:22

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him
Being faithful and obedient to him in all things, though ever so contrary to his own private interest and to that of his family:

and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before
all the congregation;
as his successor, whom God had named and appointed as such.

Numbers 27:22 In-Context

20 You will give him some of your power so that the entire Israelite community may obey.

21 He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will determine for him the decision by lot before the LORD. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him, the entire community, will go out, and at his command they will return."

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and the entire community.

23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD had spoken through Moses.