1 And the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, [belonging] to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph, came near—and these [are] the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. VP
2 And they stood before the face Moses and before the face of Eleazar the priest and before the face of the leaders and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying, VP
3 “Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation, the ones assembling themselves against YHWH in the congregation of Korah; but he died in his own sin; and sons there were not to him. VP
4 Why should the name of our father be removed from the midst of his clan, because there is not to him a son? Give to us a possession in the midst of the brothers of our father.” VP
5 And Moses brought near their case before the face of YHWH, VP
6 and YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, VP
7 “Rightly the daughters of Zelophehad are speaking. You surely must give to them a possession of inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father, and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass over to them. VP
8 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘a man—If he dies and there is not to him a son, then you⁺ shall cause his inheritance to pass over to his daughter. VP
9 And if there is not to him a daughter, then you⁺ shall give his inheritance to his brothers. VP
10 And if there is not to him brothers, then you⁺ shall give his inheritance to the brothers of his father. VP
11 And if there are no brothers to his father, then you⁺ shall give his inheritance to his close relative, the nearest to him, from his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as YHWH commanded Moses.’” VP
12 And YHWH said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of the Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the sons of Israel. VP
13 And you shall see it, and you shall be gathered to your people, also you, as Aaron your brother was gathered, VP
14 because you⁺ rebelled against My mouth in the Wilderness of Zin in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes.” Those [are] the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. VP
15 And Moses spoke to YHWH, saying, VP
16 “Let YHWH, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation VP
17 who shall go out before them and who shall come in before them, and who will lead them out and who will bring them in, so that the congregation of YHWH may not be like sheep that there is not to them a shepherd.” VP
18 And YHWH said to Moses, “Take for yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the Spirit, and you shall lay your hand on him. VP
19 And you shall cause him to stand before the face of Eleazar the priest and before the face of all the congregation, and you shall command him before their eyes. VP
20 And you shall put [some] of your majesty on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may hear. VP
21 And he shall stand before the face of Eleazar the priest, and he shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the face of YHWH. At his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in—he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the congregation.” VP
22 And Moses did as YHWH had commanded him, and he took Joshua and caused him to stand before the face of Eleazar the priest and before the face of all the congregation, VP
23 and he laid his hands on him, and he commanded him, as YHWH had spoken by the hand of Moses. VP