Old Testament · Law
Numbers chapter 27
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Then the came forward. He was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and before the entire community at the entrance to the , and they said,“Our father died in the wilderness. He wasn’t part of the group that banded together against Yahweh — . He died for his own , and he had no sons.Why should our father’s from his clan just because he didn’t have a son? Give us among our father’s relatives.”Moses brought their case before Yahweh.Yahweh said to Moses,“Zelophehad’s daughters . You absolutely must give them among their father’s relatives. Transfer their father’s inheritance to them.And tell the Israelites: ‘If a man dies and has no son, transfer his to his daughter.If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and that person will take possession of it. This will be a for the Israelites, just as Yahweh commanded Moses.’”Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain range in the region and look out over the land I’m giving to the Israelites.After you’ve seen it, you too will be , just like your brother Aaron was.Because in the Wilderness of Zin, when the community argued with me, you both to show them at the water that .” (This was the water at in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.)Moses said to Yahweh,“Let Yahweh — — appoint someone over this communitywho will , who will take them out and bring them home — so that Yahweh’s community won’t be like .”Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has in him, and .Stand him in front of Eleazar the priest and the entire community, and while everyone watches.Give him some of your so that the entire Israelite community will follow his lead.He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will for him using the . At his command, the whole community — Joshua and all the Israelites with him — will go out, and at his command they will come back.Moses did exactly what Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest and the entire community.He and , just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.