Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

The answer came, "Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a
man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; set him before
Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate
him in their sight. And thou shall give some of your authority to
him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be
obedient" (Verses 18-20).
Joshua, a man of wisdom, ability, and faith, was chosen to
succeed Moses. He was solemnly set apart as the leader of Israel.
The words of the Lord concerning Joshua came through Moses to
the congregation, "At his word they shall go out, and at his word
they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him--all the
congregation" (Verse 21).
Moses stood before the people to give his last warnings and
important counsel, his face shining with a holy light. His hair was
white with age, but he stood straight and his eye was clear and
undimmed. With deep feeling he portrayed the love and mercy of
their Almighty Protector.
"Ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great
thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. Did
any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as you have heard, and live? Or did God ever try to go and
take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials,
by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched
arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God
did for you in Egypt before your eyes?"
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