Numbers 27:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ “O Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all mankind, before I am taken away^[a] please appoint a new leader for the people, ¹⁷ a man who will lead them into battle and care for them, so that the people of the Lord will not be as sheep without a shepherd.”

¹⁸ The Lord replied, “Go and get Joshua (son of Nun), who has the Spirit in him,