OTNT

Num 27


27:1 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They approached

27:2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly, and said,

27:3 “Our father died in the desert. He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the LORD, but he died for his own sin and left no sons.

27:4 Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

27:5 So Moses brought their case before the LORD

27:6 and the LORD said to him,

27:7 “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and turn their father’s inheritance over to them.

27:8 “Say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, turn his inheritance over to his daughter.

27:9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

27:10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

27:11 If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to be a legal requirement for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

27:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim range and see the land I have given the Israelites.

27:13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,

27:14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

27:15 Moses said to the LORD,

27:16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all mankind, appoint a man over this community

27:17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD’S people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

27:18 So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.

27:19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in their presence.

27:20 Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.

27:21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

27:22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly.

27:23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD instructed through Moses.

27:1 Then 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 came near. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah and Tirzah.

27:2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

27:4 Why should our father’s name be taken away from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.

27:5 And Moses brought their case before Jehovah.

27:6 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly. You shall surely give them the possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

27:8 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

27:9 And if he does not have a daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

27:10 And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

27:11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him among his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be a statute of judgment for the children of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

27:12 And Jehovah said to Moses, Go up to this mountain of the Abarim and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

27:13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was gathered,

27:14 Because you rebelled against My word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the assembly, and failed to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.)

27:15 And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying,

27:16 Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly,

27:17 Who will go out before them and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out and who will bring them in; so that the assembly of Jehovah will not be like sheep which have no shepherd.

27:18 And Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him;

27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole assembly, and give him a charge in their sight.

27:20 And you shall put some of your honor upon him, so that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.

27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and he shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah. 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 the whole assembly.

27:22 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole assembly.

27:23 And he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge just as Jehovah had spoken through Moses.