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They approached <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Moses, Eleazar the priest, the elders, and the entire community at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before them, and said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Our father died in the wilderness, but he wasn’t with the company of those who gathered against the LORD along with the company of Korah. He died in his own sin, and he had no sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Why are you going to eliminate the name of our father from his family, just because he had no son? Give us a possession from among our father’s relatives.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Moses brought the family into the LORD’s presence, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and the LORD told Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“The daughters of Zelophehad are telling the truth. You are certainly to give to them a possession for an inheritance among their father’s relatives. You are to pass on the inheritance of their father to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Tell the Israelis that when a man dies without a son, you are to pass his inheritance to his daughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If he doesn’t have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If he doesn’t have brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If his father doesn’t have brothers, then give his inheritance to a relative who is nearest to him from the family and he’ll take possession of it. This is to be a permanent ordinance<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:11 Lit. a statute, an ordinance">a</a></span> for the Israelis, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”</p> <p class="heading">Preparations for a Successor to Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “You are to climb these Abarim mountains and look over the land that I’m going to give the Israelis. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After you’ve seen it, you’ll be taken to be with your people just as your brother Aaron was gathered to them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:13 The Heb. lacks to them">b</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>because in the wilderness of Zin, when the community rebelled, you rebelled against my command to treat me as holy before their eyes in regards to the Meribah Springs in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moses responded to the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD’S community won’t be like a flock without a shepherd.”</p> <p class="heading">God Appoints Joshua</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Select Nun’s son Joshua. The Spirit is in that man,” the LORD answered Moses. “You are to lay your hand on him <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and make him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the entire community. Then you are to set him in charge right before their eyes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>turning over your authority<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:20 Or power">c</a></span> to him so that the entire community of Israel knows to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:20 The Heb. lacks knows to">d</a></span> obey him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You are to make him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest, who is to inquire on his behalf using the Urim<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:21 i.e. a part of the priest’s breast piece by which God provided revelation; cf. 1Sam 28:6">e</a></span> in the presence of the LORD regarding a decision of judgment, because by his command<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:21 Lit. mouth">f</a></span> he and all the Israelis with him will go out or come in.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Moses did what the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, made him stand in the presence of Eleazar the priest and the entire community, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses’ authority.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:23 Lit. hand">g</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 27:11 Lit. <i>a statute, an ordinance</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 27:13 The Heb. lacks <i>to them</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 27:20 Or <i>power</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 27:20 The Heb. lacks <i>knows to</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 27:21 i.e. a part of the priest’s breast piece by which God provided revelation; cf. 1Sam 28:6<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 27:21 Lit. <i>mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 27:23 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/numbers/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>