| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now the daughters of Hepher's son Zelophehad, Gilead's grandson, who had been fathered by Machir, who had been fathered by Manasseh, from the tribe of Manasseh, the direct son of Joseph, were named Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached | 1The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. |
| 2Moses, Eleazar the priest, the elders, and the entire community at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before them, and said, | 2They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, " |
| 3"Our father died in the wilderness, but he wasn't with the company of those who gathered against the LORD along with the company of Korah. He died in his own sin, and he had no sons. | 3Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah's followers, who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons. |
| 4Why are you going to eliminate the name of our father from his family, just because he had no son? Give us a possession from among our father's relatives." | 4Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan? Since he had no son, give us property among our father's brothers." |
| 5So Moses brought the family into the LORD's presence, | 5Moses brought their case before the LORD, |
| 6and the LORD told Moses, | 6and the LORD answered him, " |
| 7"The daughters of Zelophehad are telling the truth. You are certainly to give to them a possession for an inheritance among their father's relatives. You are to pass on the inheritance of their father to them. | 7What Zelophehad's daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father's brothers and transfer their father's inheritance to them. |
| 8Tell the Israelis that when a man dies without a son, you are to pass his inheritance to his daughter. | 8Tell the Israelites: When a man dies without having a son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter. |
| 9If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. | 9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. |
| 10If he doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. | 10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. |
| 11If his father doesn't have brothers, then give his inheritance to a relative who is nearest to him from the family and he'll take possession of it. This is to be a permanent ordinance for the Israelis, just as the LORD commanded Moses." | 11If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the LORD commanded Moses." |
| 12Then the LORD told Moses, "You are to climb these Abarim mountains and look over the land that I'm going to give the Israelis. | 12Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites. |
| 13After you've seen it, you'll be taken to be with your people just as your brother Aaron was gathered to them, | 13After you have seen it, you will also be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was. |
| 14because in the wilderness of Zin, when the community rebelled, you rebelled against my command to treat me as holy before their eyes in regards to the Meribah Springs in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin." | 14When the community quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight at the waters." Those were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. |
| 15Moses responded to the LORD, | 15So Moses appealed to the LORD," |
| 16"May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community | 16May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community |
| 17who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD'S community won't be like a flock without a shepherd." | 17who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the LORD's community won't be like sheep without a shepherd." |
| 18"Select Nun's son Joshua. The Spirit is in that man," the LORD answered Moses. "You are to lay your hand on him | 18The LORD replied to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. |
| 19and make him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the entire community. Then you are to set him in charge right before their eyes, | 19Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission him in their sight. |
| 20turning over your authority to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to obey him. | 20Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him. |
| 21You are to make him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest, who is to inquire on his behalf using the Urim in the presence of the LORD regarding a decision of judgment, because by his command he and all the Israelis with him will go out or come in." | 21He will stand before Eleazar who will consult the LORD for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command." |
| 22So Moses did what the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, made him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest and the entire community, | 22Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire community, |
| 23laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses' authority. | 23laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as the LORD had spoken through Moses. |
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