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| 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 son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son Joseph came forward. Now these are 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, | 2And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly 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. | 3"Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but he died for 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 lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father." |
| 5So Moses brought the family into the LORD's presence, | 5So Moses brought their case before the LORD. |
| 6and the LORD told Moses, | 6The LORD said to Moses: |
| 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 have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must 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. | 8And you must tell the Israelites, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter; |
| 9If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. | 9and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers; |
| 10If he doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. | 10and if he has no brothers, then you are to 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." | 11and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, 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 I have given to 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, | 13When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors. |
| 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 when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water--the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin." |
| 15Moses responded to the LORD, | 15Then Moses spoke to the LORD: |
| 16"May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community | 16"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, 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 who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the LORD may not be like sheep that 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 | 18The LORD replied to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a 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, | 19set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly. |
| 20turning over your authority to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to obey him. | 20Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient. |
| 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." | 21And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community." |
| 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, | 22So Moses did as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community. |
| 23laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses' authority. | 23He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD commanded, by the authority of Moses. |
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