1 Then came 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 princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
6 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
1 accesserunt autem filiae Salphaad filii Epher filii Galaad filii Machir
filii Manasse
qui fuit filius Ioseph
quarum sunt nomina Maala et Noa et Egla et Melcha et Thersa
2 steteruntque coram Mosen et Eleazaro sacerdote
et cunctis principibus populi
ad ostium tabernaculi foederis atque dixerunt
3 pater noster mortuus est in deserto
nec fuit in seditione quae concitata est contra Dominum sub Core
sed in peccato suo mortuus est
hic non habuit mares filios
cur tollitur nomen illius de familia sua
quia non habet filium
date nobis possessionem inter cognatos patris nostri
4 rettulitque Moses causam earum ad iudicium Domini
5 qui dixit ad eum
6 iustam rem postulant filiae Salphaad
da eis possessionem inter cognatos patris sui
et ei in hereditate succedant
7 ad filios autem Israhel loqueris haec
8 homo cum mortuus fuerit absque filio
ad filiam eius transibit hereditas
9 si filiam non habuerit habebit successores fratres suos
10 quod si et fratres non fuerint
dabitis hereditatem fratribus patris eius
11 sin autem nec patruos habuerit
dabitur hereditas his qui ei proximi sunt
eritque hoc filiis Israhel sanctum lege perpetua
sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi
12 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen
ascende in montem istum Abarim
et contemplare inde terram quam daturus sum filiis Israhel
13 cumque videris eam ibis et tu ad populum tuum
sicut ivit frater tuus Aaron
14 quia offendistis me in deserto Sin in contradictione
multitudinis
nec sanctificare me voluistis coram ea super
aquas
hae sunt aquae Contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin
15 cui respondit Moses
16 provideat Dominus Deus spirituum omnis carnis
hominem qui sit super multitudinem hanc
17 et possit exire et intrare ante eos et educere illos vel
introducere
ne sit populus Domini sicut oves absque pastore
18 dixitque Dominus ad eum
tolle Iosue filium Nun virum in quo est spiritus
et pone manum tuam super eum
19 qui stabit coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni multitudine
20 et dabis ei praecepta cunctis videntibus et partem gloriae tuae
ut audiat eum omnis synagoga filiorum Israhel
21 pro hoc si quid agendum erit Eleazar sacerdos consulet Dominum
ad verbum eius egredietur et ingredietur
ipse et omnes filii Israhel cum eo et cetera multitudo
22 fecit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus
cumque tulisset Iosue
statuit eum coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni frequentia populi
23 et inpositis capiti eius manibus
cuncta replicavit quae mandaverat Dominus