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And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
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And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
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And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
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And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the people of Israel a statute and ordinance, as the LORD commanded Moses.'"
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The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Ab'arim, and see the land which I have given to the people of Israel.
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And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was gathered,
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because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Mer'ibah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
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Moses said to the LORD,
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"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
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who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd."
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him;