27:1 Then 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, came forward; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
27:2 They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,
27:3 “Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the group of those who gathered together against the LORD, in the group of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.
27:4 Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
27:5 So Moses brought their case before the LORD.
27:6 Then the LORD said to ①Moses,
▷ ①Lit Moses, saying
27:7 “The daughters of Zelophehad are right about their statements. You shall certainly give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
27:8 Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
27:9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
27:10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
27:11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall take possession of it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD has commanded Moses.’ ”
27:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.
27:13 When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother ①was;
▷ ①Lit was gathered
27:14 for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My ①command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
▷ ①Lit mouth
27:15 Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,
27:16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of ①humanity, appoint a man over the congregation,
▷ ①Lit all flesh
27:17 who will go out ①and come in before them, and lead them out and ②bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
▷ ①Lit before them and who will ②Lit who will bring
27:18 So the LORD said to Moses, “ ①Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
▷ ①Lit Take for yourself
27:19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight.
27:20 And you shall put some of your ①authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him.
▷ ①Lit majesty
27:21 Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his ①command they shall go out, and at his ②command they shall come in, both he and all the sons of Israel with him, all the congregation.”
▷ ①Lit mouth ②Lit mouth
27:22 Then Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
27:23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD had spoken ①through Moses.
▷ ①Lit by the hand of