What was Moshe supposed to 'command' Yehoshua?
Rashi: He was to inform him that Yisrael were troublesome and stubborn 1 and that it was on that understanding that he was to assume leadership over them.
Ramban #1 and Moshav Zekenim #1: To dedicate himself on their behalf with regard to fighting their battles, to bring them into battle and to return them safely, and to judge them fairly. 2
Ramban #2 (citing the Sifri in Va'eschanan): "Tzav es Yehoshua" ? 'al D'var Talmud (with regard teaching them Torah she'be'Al Peh). 3
Ramban #2, Seforno and Moshav Zekenim #2: He initiated him into the position of leader 4 before their eyes, so that they 5 (the Sanhedrin and the elders of the people) should accept him as their leader and obey him.
The Ramban objects to this explanation, since ro do so in the presence of the people would cause them to rebel.
Ramban: So that they should trust him and obey him - Just as Moshe himself did, as the Pasuk testifies in Devarim 31:7, 8.
See R. Chaval's footnotes. See also Ba'al ha'Turim.
Ramban: As we find in Nechemyah, 5:14 and in Shmuel 1, 13:14.
Seforno:.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that Moshe should inform him that Yisrael were troublesome and stubborn? It is not proper to say so "le'Eineihem" (in front of them)?
Refer to 27:19:1:1*
