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| 1Now the daughters of Hepher's son Zelophehad, Gilead's grandson, who had been fathered by Machir, who had been fathered by Manasseh, from the tribe of Manasseh, the direct son of Joseph, were named Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached | 1Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. |
| 2Moses, Eleazar the priest, the elders, and the entire community at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before them, and said, | 2And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, |
| 3"Our father died in the wilderness, but he wasn't with the company of those who gathered against the LORD along with the company of Korah. He died in his own sin, and he had no sons. | 3“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin. And he had no sons. |
| 4Why are you going to eliminate the name of our father from his family, just because he had no son? Give us a possession from among our father's relatives." | 4Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father’s brothers.” |
| 5So Moses brought the family into the LORD's presence, | 5Moses brought their case before the LORD. |
| 6and the LORD told Moses, | 6And the LORD said to Moses, |
| 7"The daughters of Zelophehad are telling the truth. You are certainly to give to them a possession for an inheritance among their father's relatives. You are to pass on the inheritance of their father to them. | 7“The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them. |
| 8Tell the Israelis that when a man dies without a son, you are to pass his inheritance to his daughter. | 8And you shall speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. |
| 9If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. | 9And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. |
| 10If he doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. | 10And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. |
| 11If his father doesn't have brothers, then give his inheritance to a relative who is nearest to him from the family and he'll take possession of it. This is to be a permanent ordinance for the Israelis, just as the LORD commanded Moses." | 11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.’” |
| 12Then the LORD told Moses, "You are to climb these Abarim mountains and look over the land that I'm going to give the Israelis. | 12The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel. |
| 13After you've seen it, you'll be taken to be with your people just as your brother Aaron was gathered to them, | 13When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, |
| 14because in the wilderness of Zin, when the community rebelled, you rebelled against my command to treat me as holy before their eyes in regards to the Meribah Springs in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin." | 14because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarreled, failing to uphold me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) |
| 15Moses responded to the LORD, | 15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, |
| 16"May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community | 16“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation |
| 17who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD'S community won't be like a flock without a shepherd." | 17who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.” |
| 18"Select Nun's son Joshua. The Spirit is in that man," the LORD answered Moses. "You are to lay your hand on him | 18So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. |
| 19and make him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the entire community. Then you are to set him in charge right before their eyes, | 19Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall commission him in their sight. |
| 20turning over your authority to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to obey him. | 20You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey. |
| 21You are to make him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest, who is to inquire on his behalf using the Urim in the presence of the LORD regarding a decision of judgment, because by his command he and all the Israelis with him will go out or come in." | 21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.” |
| 22So Moses did what the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, made him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest and the entire community, | 22And Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, |
| 23laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses' authority. | 23and he laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses. |
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