| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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 | 1Then 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; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah and 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 and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying, |
| 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. | 3"Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but he died in 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." | 4"Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers." |
| 5So Moses brought the family into the LORD's presence, | 5So Moses brought their case before the LORD. |
| 6and the LORD told Moses, | 6Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 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. | 7"The daughters of Zelophehad are right in their statements. You shall surely give them a hereditary possession among their father's brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them. |
| 8Tell the Israelis that when a man dies without a son, you are to pass his inheritance to his daughter. | 8"Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. |
| 9If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. | 9'If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. |
| 10If he doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. | 10'If he has no brothers, then you shall 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." | 11'If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just 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 to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. |
| 13After you've seen it, you'll be taken to be with your people just as your brother Aaron was gathered to them, | 13"When you have seen it, you too will 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." | 14for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) |
| 15Moses responded to the LORD, | 15Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, |
| 16"May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community | 16"May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, |
| 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 and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep which have no 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 | 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; |
| 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, | 19and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight. |
| 20turning over your authority to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to obey him. | 20"You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may 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." | 21"Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his command they shall go out and at his command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation." |
| 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 just as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. |
| 23laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses' authority. | 23Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses. |
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