Chapter 27
1 Then drew near 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, at the door of the tent of
meeting, saying:
3 'Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among
the company of them that gathered themselves together against HaShem in the
company of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among
his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren
of our father.'
5 And Moses brought their cause before HaShem.
6 And HaShem spoke 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.
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 HaShem commanded Moses.'
12 And HaShem said unto Moses: 'Get thee up into this
mountain of Abarim, and behold 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;
14 because ye rebelled against My commandment in the
wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the
waters before their eyes.' --These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin.--
15 And Moses spoke unto HaShem, saying:
16 'Let HaShem, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh, set a
man over the congregation,
17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before
them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the
congregation of HaShem be not as sheep which have no shepherd.'
18 And HaShem said unto Moses: 'Take thee Joshua the son of
Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;
19 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall
inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before HaShem; 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 HaShem 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
HaShem spoke by the hand of Moses.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
JPS Electronic Edition, based on the 1917 JPS translation, Copyright © 1998 by Larry Nelson, All Rights Reserved
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