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1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad came forward. Zelophehad was son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph, a member of the Manassite clans. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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Then 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 forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and they said,
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They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of 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.
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Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.
4 Why 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."
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Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.
5 Moses brought their case before the Lord.
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So Moses put their cause before the Lord.
6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad are right in what they are saying; you shall indeed let them possess an inheritance among their father's brothers and pass the inheritance of their father on to them.
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What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.
8 You shall also say to the Israelites, "If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall pass his inheritance on to his daughter.
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And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.
9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
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And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.
10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
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And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.
11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. It shall be for the Israelites a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses."
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And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
12 The Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
13 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,
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And when you have seen it, you will be put to rest with your people, as your brother Aaron was:
14 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarreled with me. You did not show my holiness before their eyes at the waters." (These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
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Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)
15 Moses spoke to the Lord, saying,
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Then Moses said to the Lord,
16 "Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation
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Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd."
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To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.
18 So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him;
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And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
19 have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and commission him in their sight.
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And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.
20 You shall give him some of your authority, so that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey.
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And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.
21 But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision 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 Israelites with him, the whole congregation."
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He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.
22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation;
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So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:
23 he laid his hands on him and commissioned him—as the Lord had directed through Moses.
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And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
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