2. MOSES TO JOSHUA

3. DEUTERONOMY 1.1,3 (NIV) These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the desert east of the Jordan…Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them.

4. CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR

5. NUMBERS 20.12 (NIV) But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them."

6. DEUTERONOMY 10.16 (NIV) There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

7. EXODUS 33.11 (NIV) The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

8. NUMBERS 14.38 (NIV) Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

9. The Emotion of Transition

10. DEUTERONOMY 31.7-8 (NIV) Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their forefathers to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

11. DEUTERONOMY 31.28-29 (NIV) Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them. For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you.

12. DEUTERONOMY 32.48-50 (NIV) On that same day the Lord told Moses, "Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

13. DEUTERONOMY 34.9(NIV) Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

14. Hope for the Future

15. JOSHUA 1.1-3(NIV) The Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them — to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

16. JOSHUA 7.6 (NIV) Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.

17. JOSHUA 8.35 (NIV) There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them.