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.
