Numbers 27
An Inheritance for Those Who Had No Claim
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Inheritance Law
27:1The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, of the clan of Manasseh among the sons of Joseph, came forward. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
27:2They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the rulers, and the whole congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Testimony, saying:
27:3Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the congregation that rose against the Lord in Korah's congregation; he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
27:4Let our father's name not be erased from his clan because he has no son. Give us a possession among our father's brothers.
27:5Moses brought their case before the Lord.
27:6The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27:7The daughters of Zelophehad have spoken rightly. You must give them an inherited possession among their father's brothers and assign their father's allotment to them.
27:8Speak to the sons of Israel: If a man dies and has no son, you shall assign his inheritance to his daughter.
27:9If he has no daughter, you shall give the inheritance to his brother.
27:10If he has no brothers, you shall give the inheritance to his father's brother.
27:11If his father has no brothers, you shall give the inheritance to his nearest relative from his tribe, and he shall inherit his property. This shall be a rule of judgment for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.
The Commissioning of Joshua
27:12The Lord said to Moses: Go up the mountain on the farther side—this is Mount Nebo—and see the land of Canaan that I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession.
27:13You shall see it, and you too shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was gathered at Mount Hor,
27:14because you transgressed My word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation resisted showing Me holy. You did not show Me holy at the water before them. This is the Water of Dispute at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
27:15Moses said to the Lord:
27:16Let the Lord, the God of spirits and of all flesh, appoint a man over this congregation,
27:17who will go out before them and come in before them, who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the Lord's congregation will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
27:18The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has spirit within him, and lay your hands on him.
27:19Stand him before Eleazar the priest, instruct him before the whole congregation, and give instructions concerning him before them.
27:20Place some of your glory upon him, so that the sons of Israel may obey him.
27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and they shall ask him for the judgment of the manifestations before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in: he, the sons of Israel together, and the whole congregation.
27:22Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation.
27:23He laid his hands on him and presented him, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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