[1] 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. [2] 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, [3] Our father
died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who
gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he
died in his own sin; and he had no sons. [4] 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 brothers of our father. [5] Moses brought their
cause before Yahweh. [6] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [7] The daughters
of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an
inheritance among their father`s brothers; and you shall cause the
inheritance of their father to pass to them. [8] 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. [9] If he have no daughter,
then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. [10] If he have no
brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father`s brothers.
[11] If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to
his kinsman who 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 Yahweh
commanded Moses. [12] Yahweh said to Moses, Get you up into this mountain
of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
[13] When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as
Aaron your brother was gathered; [14] 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.) [15] Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, [16] Let
Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the
congregation, [17] 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 Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd. [18] Yahweh
said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and
lay your hand on him; [19] and set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. [20] You
shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children
of Israel may obey. [21] He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who
shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh: 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] Moses
did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation: [23] and he laid his hands on
him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.
