And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Moses laid his hands upon Joshua and gave him a charge exactly as the Lord had commanded, and by that act formally commissioned him as leader. The commissioning was public and solemn, setting Joshua apart before all Israel as Moses's successor. In that setting apart the leadership of the people was entrusted to him. Joshua was divinely chosen to bring Israel into the promised land after he had proved faithful and fit for the work. His fitness came through serving alongside Moses, gaining a knowledge of Israel, and standing with the two spies who faithfully urged the people to enter the land trusting in God.
Moses in guiding and commissioning Joshua provides the pattern by which experienced workers are to support and help younger workers so that God's work may advance. That Moses-and-Joshua pattern also settles the claim that God had appointed a particular speaker to act as Moses with H. T. Nelson as Joshua. No such appointment had been made known by God, and without that divine making-known the claim is to be rejected.
Moses laid his hands upon Joshua and gave him a charge exactly as the Lord had commanded, and by that act formally commissioned him as leader. The commissioning was public and solemn, setting Joshua apart before all Israel as Moses's successor. In that setting apart the leadership of the people was entrusted to him. Joshua was divinely chosen to bring Israel into the promised land after he had proved faithful and fit for the work. His fitness came through serving alongside Moses, gaining a knowledge of Israel, and standing with the two spies who faithfully urged the people to enter the land trusting in God.
Moses in guiding and commissioning Joshua provides the pattern by which experienced workers are to support and help younger workers so that God's work may advance. That Moses-and-Joshua pattern also settles the claim that God had appointed a particular speaker to act as Moses with H. T. Nelson as Joshua. No such appointment had been made known by God, and without that divine making-known the claim is to be rejected.