Pinchas 27:22 · EXTRA 1 — Moshe transferred leadership with joy, not jealousy

Parashas Pinchas · EXTRA side-ring · Passuk 27:22

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיַּעֲמִדֵהוּ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כָּל־הָעֵדָה׃

Moshe did as Hashem commanded him. He took Yehoshua and stood him before Elazar the Kohen and before the whole assembly.

Chabad.org — 27:22

Source Citation

Sifrei Bamidbar 141

Sefaria — Sifrei Bamidbar 141

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה׳ אוֹתוֹ – הָלַךְ וְעָשָׂה בְּשִׂמְחָה, וְלֹא הֵרַע בְּעֵינָיו בֵּין בְּנוֹ לְבֵין בֶּן אָחִיו.

English: “Moshe did as Hashem commanded him” — he went and did it with joy, and it was not evil in his eyes [to prefer] between his own son and his brother’s son.

Type of Learning

Joyful obedience in transferring leadership.

What Is Learned

Moshe installs Yehoshua without resentment that the office left his own household.