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1 Then
the daughters of
Zelophehad, the
son of Hepher,
the son of
Gilead, the son
of Machir, the
son of Manasseh,
of the families
of Manasseh the
son of Joseph
came near. These
are the names
of his daughters:
Mahlah, Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
2 They
stood before Moses,
before Eleazar the
priest, and before
the princes and
all the
congregation, at
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting, saying,
3 “Our
father died in
the wilderness. He
was not among
the company of
those who gathered
themselves together
against the LORD
in the company
of Korah, but
he died in
his own sin.
He had no
sons.
4 Why
should the name
of our father
be taken away
from among his
family, because he
had no son?
Give to us
a possession among
the brothers of
our father.”
5 Moses
brought their cause
before the LORD.
6 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
7 “The
daughters of
Zelophehad speak
right. You shall
surely give them
a possession of
an inheritance
among their father’s brothers.
You shall cause
the inheritance of
their father to
pass to them.
8 You
shall speak to
the children of
Israel, saying, ‘If
a man dies,
and has no
son, then you
shall cause his
inheritance to
pass to his
daughter.
9 If he
has no daughter,
then you shall
give his
inheritance to
his brothers.
10 If he
has no brothers,
then you shall
give his
inheritance to
his father’s brothers.
11 If
his father has
no brothers, then
you shall give
his inheritance to
his kinsman who
is next to
him of his
family, and he
shall possess it.
This shall be
a statute and
ordinance for the
children of Israel,
as the LORD
commanded Moses.’ ”
12 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Go up into
this mountain of
Abarim, and see
the land which I
have given to
the children of
Israel.
13 When
you have seen
it, you also
shall be gathered
to your people,
as Aaron your brother
was gathered;
14 because in
the strife of
the congregation,
you rebelled
against my word
in the wilderness
of Zin, to honor
me as holy
at the waters
before their eyes.”
(These are the
waters of Meribah
of Kadesh in
the wilderness of
Zin.)
15 Moses
spoke to the
LORD, saying,
16 “Let
the LORD, the
God of the
spirits of all
flesh, appoint a
man over the
congregation,
17 who
may go out
before them, and
who may come
in before them,
and who may
lead them out,
and who may
bring them in,
that the
congregation of
the LORD may
not be as
sheep which have
no shepherd.”
18 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Take Joshua the
son of Nun,
a man in whom
is the Spirit,
and lay your
hand on him.
19 Set
him before Eleazar
the priest, and
before all the
congregation; and
commission him in
their sight.
20 You
shall give
authority to him,
that all the
congregation of
the children of
Israel may obey.
21 He
shall stand
before Eleazar the
priest, who shall
inquire for him
by the judgment
of the Urim before
the LORD. At
his word they
shall go out,
and at his
word they shall
come in, both
he and all
the children of
Israel with him,
even all the
congregation.”
22 Moses
did as the
LORD commanded him.
He took Joshua,
and set him
before Eleazar the
priest and before
all the
congregation.
23 He
laid his hands
on him and
commissioned him,
as the LORD
spoke by Moses.