Numbers 27:22

22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,

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 shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation."

22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,

23 and he laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses.