And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
Joshua was publicly commissioned as Moses' successor to lead Israel, set before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and given his charge in their sight as a solemn setting apart to that leadership. He had shown himself fit to lead by faithful service, courage, firmness, and living faith, and God chose him to guide the people into the promised land. The charge involved Moses instructing him in his duties and responsibilities as Israel's visible leader.
Making the appointment public made Joshua's leadership known and led the people to respect and trust him as God's chosen successor. The verse gives a pattern for experienced leaders to support and prepare younger workers to carry the work forward, and refusing that role makes them a hindrance rather than a blessing. Nelson's claim to be a new Joshua on the basis of this commissioning was rejected because God had not appointed him to that work, and such an appointment would have been made known through divine instruction. In contrast to this clear biblical commissioning, men who claimed they were appointed to assist in the prophetic work had no such public divine commissioning.
Joshua was publicly commissioned as Moses' successor to lead Israel, set before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and given his charge in their sight as a solemn setting apart to that leadership. He had shown himself fit to lead by faithful service, courage, firmness, and living faith, and God chose him to guide the people into the promised land. The charge involved Moses instructing him in his duties and responsibilities as Israel's visible leader.
Making the appointment public made Joshua's leadership known and led the people to respect and trust him as God's chosen successor. The verse gives a pattern for experienced leaders to support and prepare younger workers to carry the work forward, and refusing that role makes them a hindrance rather than a blessing. Nelson's claim to be a new Joshua on the basis of this commissioning was rejected because God had not appointed him to that work, and such an appointment would have been made known through divine instruction. In contrast to this clear biblical commissioning, men who claimed they were appointed to assist in the prophetic work had no such public divine commissioning.