Numbers 27:22

22 Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before 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 to him from your authority so that the entire community of Israel will {obey him}.

21 He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decision of the Urim before Yahweh. On {his command} they will go out, and at {his command} they will come in, [both] he and all of the {Israelites} with him, the entire community."

22 Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the entire community.

23 And he placed his hands on him and {commissioned him} just as Yahweh spoke by the hand of Moses.