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1. Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph, had daughters named Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They came forward,
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1. Then came H7126 the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765 , the son H1121 of Hepher H2660 , the son H1121 of Gilead H1568 , the son H1121 of Machir H4353 , the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , of the families H4940 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph H3130 : and these H428 are the names H8034 of his daughters H1323 ; Mahlah H4244 , Noah H5270 , and Hoglah H2295 , and Milcah H4435 , and Tirzah H8656 .
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2. and standing in the presence of Moses, the priest Eleazar, the princes, and the whole community at the entrance of the meeting tent, said:
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2. And they stood H5975 before H6440 Moses H4872 , and before H6440 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and before H6440 the princes H5387 and all H3605 the congregation H5712 , by the door H6607 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , saying H559 ,
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3. "Our father died in the desert. Although he did not join those who banded together against the LORD (in Korah's band), he died for his own sin without leaving any sons.
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3. Our father H1 died H4191 in the wilderness H4057 , and he H1931 was H1961 not H3808 in H8432 the company H5712 of them that gathered themselves together H3259 against H5921 the LORD H3068 in the company H5712 of Korah H7141 ; but H3588 died H4191 in his own sin H2399 , and had H1961 no H3808 sons H1121 .
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4. But why should our father's name be withdrawn from his clan merely because he had no son? Let us, therefore, have property among our father's kinsmen."
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4. Why H4100 should the name H8034 of our father H1 be done away H1639 from among H4480 H8432 his family H4940 , because H3588 he hath no H369 son H1121 ? Give H5414 unto us therefore a possession H272 among H8432 the brethren H251 of our father H1 .
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5. When Moses laid their case before the LORD,
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5. And Moses H4872 brought H7126 H853 their cause H4941 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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6. the LORD said to him,
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6. And the LORD H3068 spoke H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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7. "The plea of Zelophehad's daughters is just; you shall give them hereditary property among their father's kinsmen, letting their father's heritage pass on to them.
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7. The daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765 speak H1696 right H3651 : thou shalt surely give H5414 H5414 them a possession H272 of an inheritance H5159 among H8432 their father H1 's brethren H251 ; and thou shalt cause H853 the inheritance H5159 of their father H1 to pass H5674 unto them.
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8. Therefore, tell the Israelites: If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall let his heritage pass on to his daughter;
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8. And thou shalt speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , If H3588 a man H376 die H4191 , and have no H369 son H1121 , then ye shall cause H853 his inheritance H5159 to pass H5674 unto his daughter H1323 .
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9. if he has no daughter, you shall give his heritage to his brothers;
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9. And if H518 he have no H369 daughter H1323 , then ye shall give H5414 H853 his inheritance H5159 unto his brethren H251 .
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10. if he has no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his father's brothers;
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10. And if H518 he have no H369 brethren H251 , then ye shall give H5414 H853 his inheritance H5159 unto his father H1 's brethren H251 .
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11. if his father had no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his nearest relative in his clan, who shall then take possession of it." This is the legal norm for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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11. And if H518 his father H1 have no H369 brethren H251 , then ye shall give H5414 H853 his inheritance H5159 unto his kinsman H7607 that is next H7138 to H413 him of his family H4480 H4940 , and he shall possess H3423 it : and it shall be H1961 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 a statute H2708 of judgment H4941 , as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 Moses H4872 .
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12. The LORD said to Moses, "Go up here into the Abarim Mountains and view the land that I am giving to the Israelites.
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12. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Get thee up H5927 into H413 this H2088 mount H2022 Abarim H5682 , and see H7200 H853 the land H776 which H834 I have given H5414 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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13. When you have viewed it, you too shall be taken to your people, as was your brother Aaron,
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13. And when thou hast seen H7200 it, thou H859 also H1571 shalt be gathered H622 unto H413 thy people H5971 , as H834 Aaron H175 thy brother H251 was gathered H622 .
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14. because in the rebellion of the community in the desert of Zin you both rebelled against my order to manifest my sanctity to them by means of the water." (This is the water of Meribah of Kadesh in the desert of Zin.)
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14. For H834 ye rebelled against H4784 my commandment H6310 in the desert H4057 of Zin H6790 , in the strife H4808 of the congregation H5712 , to sanctify H6942 me at the water H4325 before their eyes H5869 : that H1992 is the water H4325 of Meribah H4809 in Kadesh H6946 in the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 .
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15. Then Moses said to the LORD,
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15. And Moses H4872 spoke H1696 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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16. "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all mankind, set over the community a man
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16. Let the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of the spirits H7307 of all H3605 flesh H1320 , set H6485 a man H376 over H5921 the congregation H5712 ,
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17. who shall act as their leader in all things, to guide them in all their actions; that the LORD'S community may not be like sheep without a shepherd."
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17. Which H834 may go out H3318 before H6440 them , and which H834 may go in H935 before H6440 them , and which H834 may lead them out H3318 , and which H834 may bring them in H935 ; that the congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068 be H1961 not H3808 as sheep H6629 which H834 have no H369 shepherd H7462 .
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18. And the LORD replied to Moses, "Take Joshua, son of Nun, a man of spirit, and lay your hand upon him.
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18. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Take H3947 thee H853 Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 , a man H376 in whom H834 is the spirit H7307 , and lay H5564 H853 thine hand H3027 upon H5921 him;
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19. Have him stand in the presence of the priest Eleazar and of the whole community, and commission him before their eyes.
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19. And set H5975 him before H6440 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and before H6440 all H3605 the congregation H5712 ; and give him a charge H6680 H853 in their sight H5869 .
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20. Invest him with some of your own dignity, that the whole Israelite community may obey him.
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20. And thou shalt put H5414 some of thine honor H4480 H1935 upon H5921 him, that H4616 all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 may be obedient H8085 .
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21. He shall present himself to the priest Eleazar, to have him seek out for him the decisions of the Urim in the LORD'S presence; and as he directs, Joshua, all the Israelites with him, and the community as a whole shall perform all their actions."
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21. And he shall stand H5975 before H6440 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , who shall ask H7592 counsel for him after the judgment H4941 of Urim H224 before H6440 the LORD H3068 : at H5921 his word H6310 shall they go out H3318 , and at H5921 his word H6310 they shall come in H935 , both he H1931 , and all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 with H854 him , even all H3605 the congregation H5712 .
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22. Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. Taking Joshua and having him stand in the presence of the priest Eleazar and of the whole community,
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22. And Moses H4872 did H6213 as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 him : and he took H3947 H853 Joshua H3091 , and set H5975 him before H6440 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and before H6440 all H3605 the congregation H5712 :
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23. he laid his hands on him and gave him his commission, as the LORD had directed through Moses.
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23. And he laid H5564 H853 his hands H3027 upon H5921 him , and gave him a charge H6680 , as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H1696 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 .
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