Numbers 27:18-20

18So the Lord said to Moses, “Take aJoshua the son of Nun, a man bin whom is the Spirit, and clay your hand on him. 19Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall dcommission him in their sight. 20You shall invest him with some of your authority, ethat all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.

Deuteronomy 34:9

9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of fthe spirit of wisdom, for gMoses had laid his hands on him. So hthe people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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