1And the daughters of Zelophechad bar Hepher, bar Gilead, bar Makir, bar Menasheh, of the families of Menasheh, bar Joseph, and these are the names of his daughters, Mahelah, Nohah, and Hegelah, and Milchah, and Thirzah,

2Came and stood before Mosheh and Elazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the congregation, at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance, saying:

3Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not among the company which gathered against the Lord in the congregation of Korach, but died through his (own) sin; and he had no sons.

4Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his kindred, because he had no son? Give us an inheritance among the brethren of our father.

5And Mosheh brought their cause before the Lord.

6And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

7The daughters of Zelophechad have spoken properly. Give thou to them the possession of an inheritance among the brethren of their father, and transfer to them their father’s inheritance.

8And speak with the children of Israel, saying: If a man die, having no son, you shall make over his inheritance to his daughter;

9And if he have no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brethren;

10But if he have no brothers, you shall give his inheritance to the brethren of his father;

11And if his father have no brothers, then shall you give his inheritance to his relative who is next (of kin) to him of his family, and he shall inherit it. And this shall be to the children of Israel for a decree of judgment, as the Lord hath commanded Mosheh.

12And the Lord said unto Mosheh, Go up to this mountain of the Abaraee, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel;

13And thou shalt see it, and be gathered to thy people, thou also, as Aharon thy brother was gathered.

14As ye rebelled against My Word in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes; these are the waters of strife, at Rekem, in the desert of Zin.

15And Mosheh spake before the Lord, saying;

16Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

17who may go out and go in before them, and may lead them out and bring them in; that this congregation may not be as a flock which hath no shepherd.

18And the Lord said to Mosheh, Take to thee Jehoshua bar Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of prophecy, and lay thy hand upon him.

19And make him stand before Elazar the priest, and before all the congregation, and give him charge in their sight.

20And thou shalt confer some of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey him.

21And he shall stand before Elazar the priest, that he may ask (counsel) for him by the judgment of Uraia before the Lord: upon his word shall they go out, and upon his word shall they come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

22And Mosheh did as the Lord commanded him, and took Jehoshua, and made him to stand before Elazar the priest, and all the congregation;

23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him charge, as the Lord spake by Mosheh.