1 Then drew near 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; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah,
Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 They stood before Moses, and
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, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves
together against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin;
and 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 Yahweh.
6 Yahweh 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; and 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 die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass
to his daughter. 9 If he have no daughter, then you shall give his
inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he have no brothers, then you
shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 If his father have
no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is
next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the
children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 12 Yahweh 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 you rebelled against my word in the
wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the
waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin.) 15 Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, 16 Let Yahweh,
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 Yahweh
not be as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 Yahweh said to Moses, Take
Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
19 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation;
and give him a charge in their sight. 20 You shall put of your honor on
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 Yahweh: at his word shall they 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 Yahweh commanded him; and he
took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation: 23 and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as
Yahweh spoke by Moses.
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