The Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 36:1–13)
1 CPDV Then there approached the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. BSB BSB: Now 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 approached
2 CPDV And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the people, at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and they said: BSB BSB: the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
3 CPDV “Our father died in the desert, and was not with the sedition, which was stirred up against the Lord under Korah, but he died in his own sin; he had no male sons. Why is his name taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.” BSB BSB: “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.
4 CPDV And Moses referred their case to the judgment of the Lord. BSB BSB: Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
5 CPDV And the Lord said to him: BSB BSB: So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
6 CPDV “The daughters of Zelophehad are asking for something just. So give them a possession among the kinsmen of their father, and let them succeed him in his inheritance. BSB BSB: and the LORD answered him,
7 CPDV And to the sons of Israel, you shall speak these things: BSB BSB: “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.
8 CPDV When a man dies without a son, his inheritance shall be transferred to his daughter. BSB BSB: Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
9 CPDV If he has no daughter, his brothers shall succeed him. BSB BSB: If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
10 CPDV But if there were also no brothers, you shall give the inheritance to the brothers of his father. BSB BSB: If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 CPDV But if he has no paternal uncles, the inheritance shall be given to those who are closest to him. And this shall be, for the sons of Israel, consecrated as a perpetual law, just as the Lord has instructed Moses.” BSB BSB: And 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.’”
Moses Requests a Successor (Deuteronomy 3:23–29)
12 CPDV The Lord also said to Moses: “Ascend onto this mountain, Abarim, and contemplate from there the land, which I will give to the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
13 CPDV And when you have seen it, you shall then go to your people, just as your brother Aaron went. BSB BSB: After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
14 CPDV For you offended me in the desert of Sin at the Contradiction of the multitude; neither were you willing to sanctify me in their sight over the waters. These are the Waters of Contradiction at Kadesh in the desert of Sin.” BSB BSB: for 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.
15 CPDV Moses answered him: BSB BSB: So Moses appealed to the LORD,
16 CPDV “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude, BSB BSB: “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
17 CPDV and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd.” BSB BSB: who 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.”
Joshua to Succeed Moses (Deuteronomy 31:1–8)
18 CPDV And the Lord said to him: “Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom the Spirit is, and place your hand upon him. BSB BSB: And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
19 CPDV And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire multitude. BSB BSB: Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
20 CPDV And you shall give him the precepts in the sight of all, and a portion of your glory, so that the entire congregation of the sons of Israel may listen to him. BSB BSB: Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.
21 CPDV On his behalf, if anything is to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord. He, and all the sons of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude, shall go out and enter in at his word.” BSB BSB: He 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.”
22 CPDV Moses did just as the Lord had instructed. And when he had brought Joshua, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and before the entire gathering of the people. BSB BSB: Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
23 CPDV And imposing his hands upon his head, he repeated all that the Lord had commanded. BSB BSB: and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.