Numbers 27

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.

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 forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and 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,

They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

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.

Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his 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.”

Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

5 Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

6 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

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.

What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go 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.

And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.

9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage 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.’”

And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to 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.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may 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;

And when you have seen it, you will be put to rest with your people, as your brother Aaron was:

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.)

Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

15 Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

Then Moses said to the Lord,

16 “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,

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.”

To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

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.

And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

19 Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.

And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.

20 You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.

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.”

He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.

And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.