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And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Get thee vp into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

And when thou hast seene it, thou also shalt be gathered vnto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

For ye rebelled against my Commandement (in the desart of Zin, in the strife of the Congregation) to sanctifie me at the water, before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

And Moses spake vnto the Lord, saying,

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man ouer the Congregation,

Which may goe out before them, and which may goe in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in, that the Congregation of the Lord bee not as sheepe which haue no shepheard.

And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Take thee Ioshua the sonne of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand vpon him.

And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation: and giue him a charge in their sight.

And thou shalt put some of thine honour vpon him, that all the Congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

And he shall stand before Eleazar the Priest, who shall aske counsell for him, after the iudgement of Urim before the Lord: at his word shal they goe out, and at his word they shal come in, both he, and al the children of Israel with him, euen all the Congregation.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he tooke Ioshua and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.

And hee layd his handes vpon him, and gaue him a charge, as the Lord commaunded by the hand of Moses.