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* Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph ; and these were the names of his daughters : Mahlah , Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . * And they stood before Moses , before Eleazar the priest , and before the leaders and all the congregation , at the door of the tent of meeting , saying : * Our father died in the wilderness ; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against Jehovah , in company with Korah , but he died in his own sin ; and he had no sons . * Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son ? Give us a possession among our father ’s brothers . * And Moses brought their case before Jehovah . * And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying : * The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right . You shall assign to give them a possession of inheritance among their father ’s brothers , and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them . * And you shall speak to the children of Israel , saying : If a man dies and has no son , then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter . * If he has no daughter , then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers . * If he has no brothers , then you shall give his inheritance to his father ’s brothers . * And if his father has no brothers , then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family , and he shall possess it . And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment , as Jehovah has commanded Moses . * And Jehovah said to Moses : Go up into this Mount Abarim , and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel . * And when you have seen it , you also shall be gathered to your people , as Aaron your brother was gathered . * For in the wilderness of Zin , during the strife of the congregation , you rebelled against My mouth to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes . (These are the waters of Meribah , at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin .) * And Moses spoke to Jehovah , saying : * Let Jehovah the God of the spirits of all flesh , appoint a man over the congregation , * who shall go out before them and go in before them , who shall lead them out and bring them in , that the congregation of Jehovah not be like sheep which have no shepherd . * And Jehovah said to Moses : Take Joshua the son of Nun , a man in whom is the Spirit , and lay your hand upon him ; * make him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation , and commission him before their eyes . * And you shall ascribe some of your majesty upon him , that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient . * And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest , who shall inquire before Jehovah for him according to the judgment of the Urim . At his mouth they shall go out , and at his mouth they shall come in , he and all the children of Israel with him ; all the congregation . * So Moses did as Jehovah commanded him . He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation . * And he laid his hands on him and commissioned him , as Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses .

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