Numbers - 28

1 - Then came 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 - : and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah - , and Hoglah, and Milcah - , and Tirzah.

2 - And 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,

3 - Our father died 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 died in his own sin, and had no sons.

4 - Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

5 - And Moses - brought their cause before the LORD.

6 - And the LORD spake unto Moses - , saying,

7 - The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou 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.

8 - And 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.

9 - And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

10 - And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

11 - And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel - a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses - .

12 - And the LORD said unto Moses - , Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel - .

13 - And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron - thy brother was gathered.

14 - For ye rebelled 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 water of Meribah - in Kadesh - in the wilderness of Zin.

15 - And Moses - spake unto the LORD, saying,

16 - Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

17 - Which 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 as sheep which have no shepherd.

18 - And the LORD said unto Moses - , Take thee Joshua - the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

19 - And set him before Eleazar - the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

20 - And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel - may be obedient.

21 - And he shall stand before Eleazar - the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after 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.

22 - And Moses - did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua - , and set him before Eleazar - the priest, and before all the congregation:

23 - And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses - .