Numbers 27:12-23 - Leadership Change
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and behold, the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto thy people also; as Aaron thy brother was gathered unto his people. 14 For ye were disobedient unto my mouth in the desert of Zin in the strife of the congregation, that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes." That is the water of strife in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.
15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 "Let the LORD, God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation; 17 which may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd."
18 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun in whom there is spirit, and put thine hands upon him, 19 and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the children of Israel may hear. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest which shall ask counsel for him, after the manner of the light, before the LORD: And at the mouth of Eleazar shall both he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation, go in and out."
22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, 23 and put his hands upon him and give him a charge, as the LORD commanded through the hand of Moses.