Numbers 27:1-20 ▼

1 And the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph, came—and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 And they stood before the face of Moses and before the face of Eleazar the priest and before the face of the leaders and all the congregation at the opening of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

3 “Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation of those who gathered together against YHWH in company with Korah; but he died in his own sin. And he had no sons.

4 Why should the name of our father be removed from the midst of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession in the midst of the brothers of our father.”

5 And Moses brought their case before the face of YHWH,

6 and YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You surely must give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass over to them.

8 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and does not have a son unto him, then you? shall cause his inheritance to pass over to his daughter.

9 And if he has no daughter, then you? shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

10 And if he has no brothers, then you? shall give his inheritance to the brothers of his father.

11 And if his father has no brothers, then you? shall give his inheritance to his close relative, the nearest to him, from his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the sons of Israel a statute of judgment, as YHWH has commanded Moses.’”

12 And YHWH said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of the Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the sons of Israel.

13 And you shall see it and shall be gathered to your people, even you, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

14 For you? rebelled against My command in the Wilderness of Zin in the strife of the congregation, to show My holiness at the waters before their eyes.” Those are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

15 And Moses spoke to YHWH, saying,

16 “Let YHWH, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

17 who may go out before them and go in before them, and who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of YHWH may not be like sheep that do not have unto them a shepherd.”

18 And YHWH said to Moses, “Take with you Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

19 And you shall stand him before the face of Eleazar the priest and before the face of all the congregation, and you shall command him in their eyes.

20 And you shall put some of your authority on him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may be obedient.