“1 Then came 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 And they stood
before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and
all the congregation, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was
not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the
LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family,
because he hath no son? Give unto us [therefore] a possession among the
brethren of our father. 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad
speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance
among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of
their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause
his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter,
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have
no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s
brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he
shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute
of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.”
“12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim,
and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And
when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as
Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against my
commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to
sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that [is] the water of
Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”
“15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 Let the LORD, the God of
the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may
go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead
them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD
be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and lay
thine hand upon him; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20
And thou shalt put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 And he shall
stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after
the judgment of Urim before the LORD: 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 And Moses did as the LORD
commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the
priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon
him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.”
(Nu 27:1-23 AV)
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