Numbers 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.
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.
