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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

"When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was;

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

for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

And Moses spake unto the Lord , saying,

"May the LORD, the God of the spirits of humanity, appoint a man over the congregation,

Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

who will go out and come in before them, and lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep that have no shepherd."

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight.

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

"And you shall put some of your authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him.

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

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

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Then Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.