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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.
2 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,
3 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.
4 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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5 And Moses brought their
cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad
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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8 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.
9 And if he have no daughter,
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10 And if he have no brethren,
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
11 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.
13 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,
16 Let the LORD, the God 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;
19 And set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their
sight. |
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- Take thee Joshua Moses probably had some good ideas of
his own but he followed the plan of God. How often we make serious decisions
without prayer! |
20 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.
22 And Moses did as the LORD
commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation:
23 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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