That they may be witnesses of the whole action, and may acknowledge him for their supreme ruler. Give him a charge: thou shalt command him in my name to undertake the government of my people, which otherwise he will be afraid and unwilling to do, and thou shalt give him counsels and instructions for the right management of that great trust.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 27:19
Numbers 27:19
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.