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⥃The Daughters of Zelophehad ^{[ Numbers 36:1–13 ]}

[1] Then came the daughters² of Zelophehad³, 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.⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ [2] 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,¹⁰ [3] Our father died in the¹¹ wilderness, and he was not in the company¹² of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his¹³ own sin, and had no sons.¹⁴ [4] Why¹⁵ should the name of our father be done away¹⁶ from among his family, because he hath no son? Give¹⁷ unto us [therefore] a possession among the brethren of our father. [5] And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.¹⁸

[6] [¶]And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,¹⁹ [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.²⁰ [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 kinsman²¹ that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute²² of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⥃Moses Requests a Successor ^{[ Deuteronomy 3:23–29 ]}

[12] And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount²³ Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. [13] And when thou hast seen it, thou also²⁴ shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron²⁵ thy brother was gathered. [14] For ye rebelled²⁶ 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 Meribah²⁷ in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

[15] And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, [16] Let the Lord²⁸, the God²⁹ of the spirits of all flesh, set a man³⁰ over the congregation, [17] Which may go out³¹ 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 sheep³² which have no shepherd.

⥃Joshua to Succeed Moses ^{[ Deuteronomy 31:1–8 ]}

[18] [¶]And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee³³ Joshua the son of Nun, a man³⁴ in whom [is] the spirit, and lay³⁵ thine hand upon him; [19] And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him³⁶ a charge in their sight. [20] And thou shalt put [some³⁷] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be³⁸ obedient. [21] And he shall³⁹ stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the judgment of Urim⁴⁰ before the Lord: at his word⁴¹ 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 the Lord 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 the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. ⁴²

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