Números 27

¹ Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the familie of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)

² And stoode before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assemblie, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying,

³ 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 ownAccording as all men die, for as much as they are sinners.sin, and had no sons.

⁴ Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his familie, because he hath no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father.

⁵ And Moses brought theirThat is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters.cause before the LORD.

⁶ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

⁷ The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt giue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritance of their father vnto them.

⁸ Also thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter.

⁹ And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.

¹⁰ And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers 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 ofMeaning, an ordinance to judge by.judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

¹² Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, & behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

¹³ And when thou hast seene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

¹⁴ For ye were disobedient vnto my worde in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assemblie, to sanctifie me in the waters before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

¹⁵ Then Moses spake vnto the Lord, saying,

¹⁶ Let the LORD, the God of theWho as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all men.spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

¹⁷ Which mayThat is, govern them and do his duty, as in (2Ch_1:10).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.

¹⁸ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, andAnd so appoint him governor.lay thine hand upon him;

¹⁹ And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight.

²⁰ And thou shaltCommend him to the people as suitable for the office and appointed by God.put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after theAccording to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of God.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.

²² So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, and he tooke Ioshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, & before all the Congregation.

²³ And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him aHow he should govern himself in his office.charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.