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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 27 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Numbers 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/26.htm" title="Numbers 26">◄</a> Numbers 27 <a href="../numbers/28.htm" title="Numbers 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Daughters of Zelophehad</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_27_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.1" class="v4_27_1">1</span>Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah were the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph. </span><span class="v4_27_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.2" class="v4_27_2">2</span>They went and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance of the Tent of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence and said, </span><span class="v4_27_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.3" class="v4_27_3">3</span>“Our father died in the wilderness without leaving any sons. He was not among the followers of Korah, who rebelled against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>; he died because of his own sin. </span><span class="v4_27_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.4" class="v4_27_4">4</span>Just because he had no sons, why should our father's name disappear from Israel? Give us property among our father's relatives.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_27_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.5" class="v4_27_5">5</span>Moses presented their case to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, </span><span class="v4_27_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.6" class="v4_27_6">6</span>and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to him, </span><span class="v4_27_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.7" class="v4_27_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “What the daughters of Zelophehad request is right; give them property among their father's relatives. Let his inheritance pass on to them. </span><span class="v4_27_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.8" class="v4_27_8">8</span>Tell the people of Israel that whenever a man dies without leaving a son, his daughter is to inherit his property. </span><span class="v4_27_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.9" class="v4_27_9">9</span>If he has no daughter, his brothers are to inherit it. </span><span class="v4_27_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.10" class="v4_27_10">10</span>If he has no brothers, his father's brothers are to inherit it. </span><span class="v4_27_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.11" class="v4_27_11">11</span>If he has no brothers or uncles, then his nearest relative is to inherit it and hold it as his own property. The people of Israel are to observe this as a legal requirement, just as I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have commanded you.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="DEU 31:1-8">Deuteronomy 31.1-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v4_27_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.12" class="v4_27_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Go up the Abarim Mountains and look out over the land that I am giving to the Israelites. </span><span class="v4_27_13"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.13" class="v4_27_13">13</span>After you have seen it, you will die, as your brother Aaron did, </span><span class="v4_27_14"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.14" class="v4_27_14">14</span>because both of you rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin. When the whole community complained against me at Meribah, you refused to acknowledge my holy power before them.” (Meribah is the spring at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_27_15"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.15" class="v4_27_15">15</span>Moses prayed, </span><span class="v4_27_16"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.16" class="v4_27_16">16</span>“<span class="nd">Lord</span> God, source of all life, appoint, I pray, a man who can lead the people </span><span class="v4_27_17"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.17" class="v4_27_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_27_18"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.18" class="v4_27_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a capable man, and place your hands on his head. </span><span class="v4_27_19"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.19" class="v4_27_19">19</span>Have him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and there before them all proclaim him as your successor. </span><span class="v4_27_20"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.20" class="v4_27_20">20</span>Give him some of your own authority, so that the whole community of Israel will obey him. </span><span class="v4_27_21"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.21" class="v4_27_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He will depend on Eleazar the priest, who will learn my will by using the Urim and Thummim.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.21!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> In this way Eleazar will direct Joshua and the whole community of Israel in all their affairs.” </span><span class="v4_27_22"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.22" class="v4_27_22">22</span>Moses did as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded him. He had Joshua stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community. </span><span class="v4_27_23"><span class="reftext" id="Num.27.23" class="v4_27_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.27.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded, Moses put his hands on Joshua's head and proclaimed him as his successor.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">27.21: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Urim and Thummim: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Two objects used by the priest to determine God's will; it is not known precisely how they were used.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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