NU-27:1  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.

NU-27:2  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,

NU-27:3  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.

NU-27:4  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.

NU-27:5  And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

NU-27:6  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

NU-27:7  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.

NU-27:8  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.

NU-27:9  And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his

inheritance unto

his brethren.

NU-27:10  And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his

inheritance unto

his father's brethren.

NU-27:11  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.

NU-27:12  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.

NU-27:13  And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be

gathered unto thy

people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

NU-27:14  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.

NU-27:15  And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

NU-27:16  Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set

a man over

the congregation,

NU-27:17  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.

NU-27:18  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;

NU-27:19  And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all

the

congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

NU-27:20  And thou shalt put [some] of thine honour upon him,

that all the

congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

NU-27:21  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.

NU-27:22  And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took

Joshua, and set

him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

NU-27:23  And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge,

as the LORD

commanded by the hand of Moses.

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