| 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 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 honor 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. |
