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Verse 1

Then drew{H7126} near the daughters{H1323} of Zelophehad,{H6765} the son{H1121} of Hepher,{H2660} the son{H1121} of Gilead,{H1568} the son{H1121} of Machir,{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh,{H4519} of the families{H4940} of Manasseh{H4519} the son{H1121} of Joseph;{H3130} and these are the names{H8034} of his daughters:{H1323} Mahlah,{H4244} Noah,{H5270} and Hoglah,{H2295} and Milcah,{H4435} and Tirzah.{H8656}

Verse 2

And they stood{H5975} before{H6440} Moses,{H4872} and before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} the princes{H5387} and all the congregation,{H5712} at the door{H6607} of the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} saying,{H559}

Verse 3

Our father{H1} died{H4191} in the wilderness,{H4057} and he was not among{H8432} the company{H5712} of them that gathered themselves together{H3259} against Jehovah{H3068} in the company{H5712} of Korah:{H7141} but he died{H4191} in his own sin;{H2399} and he had no sons.{H1121}

Verse 4

Why should the name{H8034} of our father{H1} be taken away{H1639} from among{H8432} his family,{H4940} because he had no son?{H1121} Give{H5414} unto us a possession{H272} among{H8432} the brethren{H251} of our father.{H1}

Verse 5

And Moses{H4872} brought{H7126} their cause{H4941} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 6

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Verse 7

The daughters{H1323} of Zelophehad{H6765} speak{H1696} right:{H3651} thou shalt surely{H5414} give{H5414} them a possession{H272} of an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} their father's{H1} brethren;{H251} and thou shalt cause the inheritance{H5159} of their father{H1} to pass{H5674} unto them.

Verse 8

And thou shalt speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} If a man{H376} die,{H4191} and have no son,{H1121} then ye shall cause his inheritance{H5159} to pass{H5674} unto his daughter.{H1323}

Verse 9

And if he have no daughter,{H1323} then ye shall give{H5414} his inheritance{H5159} unto his brethren.{H251}

Verse 10

And if he have no brethren,{H251} then ye shall give{H5414} his inheritance{H5159} unto his father's{H1} brethren.{H251}

Verse 11

And if his father{H1} have no brethren,{H251} then ye shall give{H5414} his inheritance{H5159} unto his kinsman{H7607} that is next{H7138} to him of his family,{H4940} and he shall possess{H3423} it: and it shall be unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} a statute{H2708} [and] ordinance,{H4941} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses.{H4872}

Verse 12

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Get thee up{H5927} into this mountain{H2022} of Abarim,{H5682} and behold{H7200} the land{H776} which I have given{H5414} unto the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 13

And when thou hast seen{H7200} it, thou also shalt be gathered{H622} unto thy people,{H5971} as Aaron{H175} thy brother{H251} was gathered;{H622}

Verse 14

because ye rebelled{H4784} against my word{H6310} in the wilderness{H4057} of Zin,{H6790} in the strife{H4808} of the congregation,{H5712} to sanctify{H6942} me at the waters{H4325} before their eyes.{H5869} (These are the waters{H4325} of Meribah{H4809} of Kadesh{H6946} in the wilderness{H4057} of Zin.){H6790}

Verse 15

And Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}

Verse 16

Let Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of the spirits{H7307} of all flesh,{H1320} appoint{H6485} a man{H376} over the congregation,{H5712}

Verse 17

who may go out{H3318} before{H6440} them, and who may come in{H935} before{H6440} them, and who may lead them out,{H3318} and who may bring them in;{H935} that the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah{H3068} be not as sheep{H6629} which have no shepherd.{H7462}

Verse 18

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Take{H3947} thee Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} a man{H376} in whom is the Spirit,{H7307} and lay{H5564} thy hand{H3027} upon him;

Verse 19

and set{H5975} him before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} all the congregation;{H5712} and give him a charge{H6680} in their sight.{H5869}

Verse 20

And thou shalt put{H5414} of thine honor{H1935} upon him, that all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} may obey.{H8085}

Verse 21

And he shall stand{H5975} before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} who shall inquire{H7592} for him by the judgment{H4941} of the Urim{H224} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} at his word{H6310} shall they go out,{H3318} and at his word{H6310} they shall come in,{H935} both he, and all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} with him, even all the congregation.{H5712}

Verse 22

And Moses{H4872} did{H6213} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} him; and he took{H3947} Joshua,{H3091} and set{H5975} him before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} all the congregation:{H5712}

Verse 23

and he laid{H5564} his hands{H3027} upon him, and gave him a charge,{H6680} as Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} by{H3027} Moses.{H4872}

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