Numbers 27

27Then came the daughters of ^aZelophehad, 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. ²And 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, ³Our father ^bdied 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 ^cdied in his own sin, and had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be ^†done away from among his family, because he hath no son? ^dGive unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. ⁵And Moses ^dbrought their cause before the Lord. ⁶And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ⁷The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: ^ethou 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. ⁸And 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. ⁹And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. ¹⁰And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. ¹¹And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto ^fhis kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel ^ga statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹²And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into ^hthis mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. ¹³And when thou hast seen it, thou also ⁱshalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. ¹⁴For ye ^krebelled 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 ^lwater of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. ¹⁵And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, ¹⁶Let the Lord, ^mthe God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, ¹⁷ⁿWhich 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 ^oas sheep which have no shepherd. ¹⁸And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^pin whom is the spirit, and ^qlay thine hand upon him; ¹⁹And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and ^rgive him a charge in their sight. ²⁰And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel ^smay be obedient. ²¹And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ^task counsel for him ^uafter 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. ²²And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: ²³And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.