27Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, of the clan of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came near; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ²They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders of the entire community at the doorway of the tent of assembly,^a saying, ³“Our father died in the desert; he was not in the midst of the company of those who banded together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father disappear from the midst of his clan because he does not have a son? Give us property in the midst of the brothers of our father.” ⁵So Moses brought their case before Yahweh. ⁶And Yahweh said to Moses, saying, ⁷“The statements of the daughters of Zelophehad are right.^b You must surely give them the property of an inheritance in the midst of their father’s brothers, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them. ⁸And you must speak to the Israelites,^c saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter. ⁹And if he has no daughter, you must give his inheritance to his brothers. ¹⁰If he has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. ¹¹If his father has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his nearest relative from his own clan, and he will take possession of it. It will be as a decree of stipulation for the Israelites,^d just as Yahweh commanded Moses.’ ”

¹²Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.^e ¹³When you see it, you will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was gathered, ¹⁴because you rebelled against my word in the desert of Zin when the community quarreled regarding my holiness at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the desert of Zin.)

Joshua Succeeds Moses

¹⁵Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, ¹⁶“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community ¹⁷who will go out before them and will come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so the community of Yahweh will not be like a flock that does not have a shepherd.” ¹⁸Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and place your hand on him. ¹⁹Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before the entire community, and commission him^f in their sight.^g ²⁰You will give to him from your authority so that the entire community of Israel will obey him.^h ²¹He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decisionⁱ of the Urim before Yahweh. On his command^j they will go out, and at his command^k they will come in, both he and all of the Israelites^l with him, the entire community.” ²²Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the entire community. ²³And he placed his hands on him and commissioned him^m just as Yahweh spoke by the hand of Moses.ⁿ

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Footnotes

aOr “meeting”
bLiterally “Such as the daughters of Zelophehad are speaking”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
dLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
eLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
fLiterally “command him”
gLiterally “before their eyes”
hLiterally “hear him”
iOr “judgment”
jLiterally “his word”
kLiterally “his word”
lLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
mLiterally “commanded him”
nOr “through Moses”