Numbers 27Numbers27

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1. The Daughters of Zelophehad

   (Numbers 36:1–13)

2. 1BSBNow the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approachedKJVKJV: 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.
3. 2BSBthe entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,KJVKJV: 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,
4. 3BSB“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.KJVKJV: 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.
5. 4BSBWhy should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”KJVKJV: 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.
6. 5BSBSo Moses brought their case before the LORD,KJVKJV: And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
7. 6BSBand the LORD answered him,KJVKJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8. 7BSB“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.KJVKJV: 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.
9. 8BSBFurthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.KJVKJV: 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.
10. 9BSBIf he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.KJVKJV: And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
11. 10BSBIf he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.KJVKJV: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
12. 11BSBAnd if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”KJVKJV: 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.

13. Moses Requests a Successor

    (Deuteronomy 3:23–29)

14. 12BSBThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.KJVKJV: 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.
15. 13BSBAfter you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;KJVKJV: And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
16. 14BSBfor when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.KJVKJV: 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.
17. 15BSBSo Moses appealed to the LORD,KJVKJV: And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
18. 16BSB“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregationKJVKJV: Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
19. 17BSBwho will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”KJVKJV: 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.

20. Joshua to Succeed Moses

    (Deuteronomy 31:1–8)

21. 18BSBAnd the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.KJVKJV: 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;
22. 19BSBHave him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.KJVKJV: And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
23. 20BSBConfer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.KJVKJV: And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
24. 21BSBHe shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”KJVKJV: 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.
25. 22BSBMoses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,KJVKJV: And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
26. 23BSBand laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.KJVKJV: And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.