Numbers 27:22

22 Moses followed God's orders. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest in front of 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 Pass your magisterial authority over to him so that the whole congregation of the People of Israel will listen obediently to him.

21 He is to consult with Eleazar the priest who, using the oracle-Urim, will prayerfully advise him in the presence of God. He will command the People of Israel, the entire community, in all their comings and goings."

22 Moses followed God's orders. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire community.

23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, following the procedures God had given Moses.