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The Fourth Book of Moses: Called Numbers, Chapter 27
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Then came 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: and these are the names of his daughters;
Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
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And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
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Our father died in the
wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered
themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died
in his own sin, and had no sons.
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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his
family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession
among the brethren of our father.
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And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The daughters ofZelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an
inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the
inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a
man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass
unto his daughter.
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And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his brethren.
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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his father's brethren.
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And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he
shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a
statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount
Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of
Israel.
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And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
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For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in
the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before
their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness
of Zin.
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And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
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Let the LORD, theGod of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
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Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,
and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the
congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a
man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
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And set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and
give him a charge in their sight.
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And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
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And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask
counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his
word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he,
and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
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And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and
set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
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And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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