Numbers Chapter 27

Numbers Chapter 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 family of Manasseh,
the son of Joseph (and the names of his
daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and
Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)
2 And stood before Moses, and before
Eleazar the priest, and before the
princes, and all the assembly, at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation,
saying,
3 Our father died in the wilderness, and
he was not among the assembly of them
that were assembled against the Lord in
the company of Korah, but died in his
sin, and had no sons.
4 Wherefore should the name of our
father be taken away from among his
family, because he hath no son? Give us
a possession among the brethren of our
father.
5 Then Moses brought their cause before
the Lord.
6 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak
right: thou shalt give them a possession
to inherit among their father’s brethren,
and shalt turn the inheritance of their
father unto them.
8 Also thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, If a man die and have
no son, then ye shall turn his inheritance
unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no
daughter, ye shall give his inheritance
unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no
brethren, ye shall give his inheritance
unto his father’s brethren.
11 And if his father have no brethren, ye
shall give his inheritance unto his next
kinsman of his family, and he shall
possess it: and this shall be unto the
children of Israel a law of judgment, as
the Lord hath commanded Moses. 12
Again the Lord said unto Moses, Go up
into this mount of Abarim, and behold
the land which I have given unto the
children of Israel. 13 And when thou
hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto
thy people also, as Aaron thy brother
was gathered.
14 For ye were disobedient unto my
word in the desert of Zin, in the strife of
the assembly, to sanctify me in the
waters before their eyes. That is the
water of Meribah in Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin.
15 Then Moses spake unto the Lord,
saying,
16 Let the Lord God of the spirits of all
flesh appoint a man over the
congregation,
17 Who may go out and in before them,
and lead them out and in, that the
congregation of the Lord be not as sheep,
which have not a shepherd. 18 And the
Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua
the son of Nun, in whom is the spirit, and
put thine hands 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 give him of thy glory, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel
may obey.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the
priest, who shall ask counsel for him by
the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at
his word they shall go out, and at his
word they shall come in, both he, and all
the children of Israel with him and all
the Congregation.
22 So Moses did as the Lord had
commanded him, and he took Joshua,
and set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation. 23 Then
he put his hands upon him, and gave him
a charge, as the Lord had spoken by the
hand of Moses.