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| 1Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. | 1The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward |
| 2And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, | 2and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, |
| 3“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin. And he had no sons. | 3"Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among Korah's followers, who banded together against the LORD, but he died for his own sin and left no sons. |
| 4Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father’s brothers.” | 4Why should our father's name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father's relatives." |
| 5Moses brought their case before the LORD. | 5So Moses brought their case before the LORD, |
| 6And the LORD said to Moses, | 6and the LORD said to him, |
| 7“The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them. | 7"What Zelophehad's daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father's relatives and give their father's inheritance to them. |
| 8And you shall speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. | 8"Say to the Israelites, 'If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. |
| 9And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. | 9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. |
| 10And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. | 10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. |
| 11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.’” | 11If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.'" |
| 12The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel. | 12Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites. |
| 13When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, | 13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, |
| 14because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarreled, failing to uphold me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) | 14for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes." (These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.) |
| 15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, | 15Moses said to the LORD, |
| 16“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation | 16"May the LORD, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community |
| 17who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.” | 17to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD's people will not be like sheep without a shepherd." |
| 18So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. | 18So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership, and lay your hand on him. |
| 19Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall commission him in their sight. | 19Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in their presence. |
| 20You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey. | 20Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him. |
| 21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.” | 21He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in." |
| 22And Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, | 22Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly. |
| 23and he laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses. | 23Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD instructed through Moses. |
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