Num 27
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Then drew near 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.
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And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,
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Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered
themselves together against YHWH in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin;
and he had no sons.
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Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he
had no son? Give to us a possession among the brethren of our father.
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And Moses brought their cause before YHWH.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of
an inheritance among their father`s brethren; and you shall cause the inheritance
of their father to pass to them.
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And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son,
then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
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And if he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brethren.
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And if he have no brethren, then you shall give his inheritance to his father`s brethren.
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And if his father have no brethren, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman
that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the
children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as YHWH commanded Moses.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Get you up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land
which I have given to the children of Israel.
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And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your
brother was gathered;
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because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters
of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
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And Moses spoke to YHWH, saying,
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Let YHWH, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
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who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them
out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of YHWH be not as sheep which
have no shepherd.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit,
and lay your hand upon him;
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and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him
a charge in their sight.
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And you shall put of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children
of Israel may obey.
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And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment
of the Urim before YHWH: 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.
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And Moses did as YHWH commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation:
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and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as YHWH spoke by Moses.