The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Numbers 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 near. These are the names of his
daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
2 They stood before Moses, before
Eleazar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, at the door of the
Tent of Meeting, saying,
3 “Our father died in the wilderness. He
was not among the company of those who
gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died
in his own sin. He had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father be
taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a
possession among the brothers of our father.”
5 Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
6 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak
right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s
brothers. You shall cause the inheritance
of their father to pass to them.
8 You shall speak to the children ofIsrael,
saying, ‘If a man dies, and has no son, then
you shall cause his inheritance to pass to
his daughter.
9 If he has no daughter, then you shall
give his inheritance to his brothers.
10 If he has no brothers, then you shall
give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 If his father has no brothers, then you
shall give his inheritance to his kinsman
who is next to him of his family, and he
shall possess it. This shall be a statute
and ordinance for the children of Israel, as
Yahweh commanded Moses.’ ”
12 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into
this mountain of Abarim, and see the land
which I have givento the childrenofIsrael.
13 When you have seen it, you also shall
be gathered to your people, as Aaron your
brother was gathered;
14 because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the
wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at
the waters before their eyes.” (These are
the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin.)
15 Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
16 “Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of
all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
17 who may go out before them, and who
may come in before them, and who may
lead them out, and who may bring them in,
that the congregation of Yahweh may not
be as sheep which have no shepherd.”
18 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua
the sonof Nun, amanin whomis the Spirit,
and lay your hand on him.
19 Set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.
20 You shall give authority to him, that all
the congregation of the children of Israel
may obey.
21 He shall stand before Eleazar the
priest, who shall inquire for him by the
judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At
his word they shall 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 Moses did as Yahweh commanded
him. He took Joshua, and set him before
Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.