And the daughters of Zelaphead the son of Heber the son of Gilead, the
son of Machir the son of Manasse, of the kindreds of Manasse the son of
Ioseph (whose names were Mahela, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza) came
and stood before Moses and Eleazer the priest and before the lords and
all the multitude in the door of the tabernacle of witness saying: our
father died in the wilderness, and was not among the company of them
that gathered them selves together against the LORD in the congregation
of Corah: But died in his own sin, and had no sons. Wherefore should
the name of our father's be taken away from among his kindred, because
he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our
father. And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. And the LORD
spake unto Moses saying: The daughters of Zelaphead speak right: thou
shalt give them a possession to inherit among their father's brethren,
and shalt turn the inheritance of their father unto them. And speak
unto the children of Israel saying: If a man die and have no son, ye
shall turn his inheritance unto his daughter. If he have no daughter,
ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. If he have no
brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. If
he have no father's brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto him
that is next to him of his kindred, and let him possess it. And this
shall be unto the children of Israel an ordinance, and a law, as the
LORD hath commanded Moses. And the LORD said unto Moses: get thee up
into this mount Abarim, and behold, the land which I have given unto
the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be
gathered unto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered unto
his people. For ye were disobedient unto my mouth in the desert of Zin
in the strife of the congregation, that ye sanctified me not in the
water before their eyes. That is the water of strife in Cades in the
wilderness of Zin. And Moses spake unto the LORD saying: let the LORD
God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, which
may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the
congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd.
And the LORD said unto Moses: take Iosua the son of Nun in whom there
is spirit, and put thine hands upon him, and set him before Eleazer the
priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their
sight. And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the
children of Israel may hear. And he shall stond before Eleazar the
priest which shall ask counsel {councell} for him after the manner of
the light {judgement of Urim} before the LORD: And at the mouth of
Eleazer shall both he and all the children of Israel with him and all
the congregation, go in and out. And Moses did as the LORD commanded
him, and he took Iosua and set him before Eleazer the priest and before
all the congregation, and put his hands upon him and give him a charge,
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