Commision of Joshua

Background

Tribe of Ephraim

Numbers 13:8 “from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;”

1 of only 2 over the age of 20 to enter the promised land

Numbers 14:36–38 “And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land— the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the Lord. Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.”

Numbers 32:11 “‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me,”

1st appeared in Exodus 17

Exodus 17:8–11 “Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.”

Lived 110 years

Joshua 24:29 “After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.”

1. Find a Biblical Mentor

Exodus 24:13 “So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.”

Joshua was named Moses’s successor

Numbers 27:15–23 “Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.” So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall commission him in their sight. You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey. And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.” And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole …”

2. Go only where God directs

Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

3. Trust in God’s plan for your life

4. Read and Obey God’s Word

Exodus 24:13 “So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.”