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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/numbers/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Special Inheritance Laws</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> in the company of Korah; but he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Moses brought their case before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to Moses: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> commanded Moses.’”</p> <p class="title">Leadership Change</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water – the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Moses spoke to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Let the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Moses did as the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> commanded, by the authority of Moses.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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