Numbers 27
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 And 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 them
that gathered themselves together against Jehovah 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 unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
5 And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
6 And Jehovah 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 [and] ordinance, as Jehovah
commanded Moses.
12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and
behold 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 because ye 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 And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
16 Let Jehovah, 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 Jehovah be not as
sheep which have no shepherd.
18 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom
is the Spirit, and lay thy 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 of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the
children of Israel may obey.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by
the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah spake by
Moses.