Numbers 27:22

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole 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 Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.

21 He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim to make decisions in the LORD's presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return."

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community.

23 Moses placed his hands on Joshua and gave him his instructions as the LORD had told him.