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The Daughters of Zelophehad

(Numbers 36:1-13)

1Then camethe daughtersof Zelophehad,the sonof Hepher,the sonof Gilead,the sonof Machir,the sonof Manasseh,of the familiesof Manassehthe sonof Joseph:and these [are] the namesof his daughters;Mahlah,Noah,and Hoglah,and Milcah,and Tirzah.2And they stoodbeforeMoses,and beforeEleazarthe priest,and beforethe princesand all the congregation,[by] the doorof the tabernacleof the congregation,saying,3Our fatherdiedin the wilderness,and he was not inthe companyof them that gathered themselves togetheragainst the LORDin the companyof Korah;but diedin his own sin,and had no sons.4Why should the nameof our fatherbe done awayfrom amonghis family,because he hath no son?Giveunto us [therefore] a possessionamongthe brethrenof our father.5And Mosesbroughttheir causebeforethe LORD.

The Law of Inheritances

6And the LORDspakeunto Moses,saying,7The daughtersof Zelophehadspeakright:thou shalt surelygivethem a possessionof an inheritanceamongtheir father'sbrethren;and thou shalt cause the inheritanceof their fatherto passunto them.8And thou shalt speakunto the childrenof Israel,saying,If a mandie,and have no son,then ye shall cause his inheritanceto passunto his daughter.9And if he have no daughter,then ye shall givehis inheritanceunto his brethren.10And if he have no brethren,then ye shall givehis inheritanceunto his father'sbrethren.11And if his fatherhave no brethren,then ye shall givehis inheritanceunto his kinsmanthat is nextto him of his family,and he shall possessit: and it shall be unto the childrenof Israela statuteof judgment,as the LORDcommandedMoses.

Moses Asks for a Successor

(Deuteronomy 3:23-29)

12And the LORDsaidunto Moses,Get thee upinto this mountAbarim,and seethe landwhich I have givenunto the childrenof Israel.13And when thou hast seenit, thou also shalt be gatheredunto thy people,as Aaronthy brotherwas gathered.14For ye rebelledagainst my commandmentin the desertof Zin,in the strifeof the congregation,to sanctifyme at the waterbefore their eyes:that [is] the waterof Meribahin Kadeshin the wildernessof Zin.

15And Mosesspakeunto the LORD,saying,16Let the LORD,the Godof the spiritsof all flesh,seta manover the congregation,17Which may go outbeforethem, and which may go inbeforethem, and which may lead them out,and which may bring them in;that the congregationof the LORDbe not as sheepwhich have no shepherd.

Joshua to Succeed Moses

(Deuteronomy 31:7-8)

18And the LORDsaidunto Moses,Takethee Joshuathe sonof Nun,a manin whom [is] the spirit,and laythine handupon him;19And sethim beforeEleazarthe priest,and beforeall the congregation;and give him a chargein their sight.20And thou shalt put[some] of thine honourupon him, that all the congregationof the childrenof Israelmay be obedient.21And he shall standbeforeEleazarthe priest,who shall ask[counsel] for him after the judgmentof Urimbeforethe LORD:at his wordshall they go out,and at his wordthey shall come in,[both] he, and all the childrenof Israelwith him, even all the congregation.22And Mosesdidas the LORDcommandedhim: and he tookJoshua,and sethim beforeEleazarthe priest,and beforeall the congregation:23And he laidhis handsupon him, and gave him a charge,as the LORDcommandedby the handof Moses.