CHAPTER 27
Now the daughters
of Zelophehad
son
of Hepher,
the son
of Gilead,
the son
of Machir,
the son
of Manasseh,
belonged to the clans
of Manasseh
son
of Joseph.
These
were the names
of his daughters:
Mahlah,
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and Tirzah.
They approached
the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting,
stood
before
Moses,
Eleazar
the priest,
the leaders,
and the entire
congregation,
and said,
“Our father
died
in the wilderness,
but he
was
not
among
the followers
of Korah
who gathered together
against
the LORD.
Instead,
he died
because of his own sin,
and he had
no
sons.
Why
should the name
of our father
disappear
from
his clan
because
he had no
sons?
Give
us property
among
our father’s
brothers.”
“The daughters
of Zelophehad
speak
correctly.
You certainly must give
them
property
as an inheritance
among
their father’s
brothers
and transfer
their
father’s
inheritance
to them.
Furthermore,
you shall say
to the Israelites,
‘If
a man
dies
and leaves no
son,
you are to transfer
his inheritance
to his daughter.
And if
his father
has no
brothers,
give
his inheritance
to the next
of kin
from his clan,
that he may take possession of it.
This is to be
a statutory
ordinance
for the Israelites,
as
the LORD
has commanded
Moses.’”
Then the LORD
said
to
Moses,
“Go up
this
mountain
of the Abarim range
and see
the land
that
I have given
the Israelites.
for
when the congregation
contended
in the Wilderness
of Zin,
both of you rebelled
against My command
to show My holiness
in their sight
regarding the waters.”
Those
were the waters
of Meribah
in Kadesh,
in the Wilderness
of Zin.
who
will go out
and come in
before them,
and who
will lead them out
and bring them in,
so that the congregation
of the LORD
will not
be
like sheep
without
a shepherd.”
And the LORD
replied
to
Moses,
“Take
Joshua
son
of Nun,
a man with
the Spirit in him,
and lay
your hands
on him.
Have him stand
before
Eleazar
the priest
and the whole
congregation,
and commission
him in their sight.
He shall stand
before
Eleazar
the priest,
who will seek counsel
for him
before the LORD
by the judgment
of the Urim.
At
his command
he
and all
the Israelites
with him,
the entire
congregation,
will go out
and come in.”
Moses
did
as
the LORD
had commanded him.
He took
Joshua,
had him stand
before
Eleazar
the priest
and the whole
congregation,