¹ Then came·​·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 chiefs and all the congregation, by the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, saying,

³ Our father died in the wilderness, and he^◦ was not in` the midst of the congregation that congregated against Jehovah in the congregation of Korah; for he died in his own sin, and had^◦ not sons.

⁴ Why should the name of our father be diminished from the midst of his family, for he has^◦ no son? Give to us a possession^◦ in the midst of the brothers of our father.

⁵ And Moses offered their judgment before Jehovah.

⁶ And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, saying,

⁷ The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly^◦; giving thou shalt give them a possession^◦ of an inheritance among^▵ their father’s brothers, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

⁸ And thou shalt speak to^▵ the sons of Israel, saying, If^▫ a man^◦ die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

⁹ And if he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

¹⁰ And if he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

¹¹ And if his father have^◦ no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kin that is near to^▵ him from his family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be for the sons of Israel a statute of judgment, as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

¹² And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, Go· ·up into^▵ this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

¹³ And when thou hast seen it, thou^◦ also shalt be gathered to^▵ thy people, as^◦ Aaron thy brother was gathered.

¹⁴ For you rebelled·​·against My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the water before^▫ their eyes; they^◦ are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

¹⁵ And Moses spoke to^▵ Jehovah, saying,

¹⁶ Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of^◦ all flesh, appoint a man^◦ over the congregation,

¹⁷ who may go·​·out before them, and who may go·​·in before them, and who may bring· them ·out, and who may bring· them ·in; and the congregation of Jehovah will not be as a flock which has no shepherd.

¹⁸ And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man^◦ in whom is the spirit, and lay^◦ thy hand upon him;

¹⁹ and stand him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a command before^▫ their eyes.

²⁰ And thou shalt put^◦ some of thy majesty upon him, so·​·that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may hearken to him.

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and he shall ask counsel for him over^◦ the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah; by^◦ his mouth shall they go·​·out, and by^◦ his mouth they shall come·​·in, both he^◦, and all the sons of Israel with^◦ him, and all the congregation.

²² And Moses did as^◦ Jehovah commanded him; and he took Joshua, and stood him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

²³ and he laid^◦ his hands upon him, and gave him a command, as^◦ Jehovah had spoken by the hand of Moses.