~Numbers 27:1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonof 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 thenames of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, andTirzah.
~Numbers 27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar thepriest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door ofthe tent of meeting, saying,
~Numbers 27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was notamong the company of them that gathered themselves togetheragainst Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin;and he had no sons.
~Numbers 27:4 Why should the name of our father be taken awayfrom among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us apossession among the brethren of our father.
~Numbers 27:5 And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
~Numbers 27:6 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shaltsurely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father'sbrethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to passunto them.
~Numbers 27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause hisinheritance to pass unto his daughter.
~Numbers 27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give hisinheritance unto his brethren.
~Numbers 27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give hisinheritance unto his father's brethren.
~Numbers 27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall givehis inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, andhe shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute[and] ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
~Numbers 27:12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into thismountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto thechildren of Israel.
~Numbers 27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt begathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
~Numbers 27:14 because ye rebelled against my word in thewilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me atthe waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah ofKadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
~Numbers 27:15 And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
~Numbers 27:16 Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh,appoint a man over the congregation,
~Numbers 27:17 who may go out before them, and who may come inbefore them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring themin; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have noshepherd.
~Numbers 27:18 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua theson of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;
~Numbers 27:19 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before allthe congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
~Numbers 27:20 And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that allthe congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
~Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, whoshall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: athis word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, bothhe, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
~Numbers 27:22 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and hetook Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all thecongregation:
~Numbers 27:23 and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him acharge, as Jehovah spake by Moses
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