Then, in a moment of holy gravity, “the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.”  (v. 15)It was the same Presence that had led them from Egypt — the fire by night, the cloud by day — now drawing near once more to seal the transfer of leadership. God Himself commissioned Joshua. Human hands anointed, but divine glory confirmed.