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grant in proportion to the size of its population.
55 But you must assign the land by lot, and give
land to each ancestral tribe according to the
number of names on the list. 56 Each grant of
land must be assigned by lot among the larger
and smaller tribal groups.”
The Tribe of Levi
57 This is the record of the Levites who were
counted according to their clans:
The Gershonite clan, named after their
ancestor Gershon.
The Kohathite clan, named after their
ancestor Kohath.
The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor
Merari.
58 The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the
Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans
of the Levites.
Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, 59 and
Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was
a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in
the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became
the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister,
Miriam. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died
when they burned before the Lord the wrong
kind of fire, different than he had commanded.
62 The men from the Levite clans who were
one month old or older numbered 23,000. But
the Levites were not included in the registration
of the rest of the people of Israel because they
were not given an allotment of land when it was
divided among the Israelites.
63 So these are the results of the registration of
the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and
Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside
the Jordan River, across from Jericho. 64 Not one
person on this list had been among those listed
in the previous registration taken by Moses
and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the
Lord had said of them, “They will all die in the
wilderness.” Not one of them survived except
Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
The Daughters of Zelophehad
One day a petition was presented by
the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah,
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father,
Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of
Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph. 2 These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and the entire
community at the entrance of the Tabernacle.*
3 “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said.
“He was not among Korah’s followers, who rebelled against the Lord; he died because of his
own sin. But he had no sons. 4 Why should the
name of our father disappear from his clan just
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27:2 Hebrew the Tent of Meeting. 27:12 Or the mountains of
Abarim. 27:14 Hebrew waters of Meribath-kadesh.
because he had no sons? Give us property along
with the rest of our relatives.”
5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
6 And the Lord replied to Moses, 7 “The claim of
the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You
must give them a grant of land along with their
father’s relatives. Assign them the property that
would have been given to their father.
8 “And give the following instructions to the
people of Israel: If a man dies and has no son,
then give his inheritance to his daughters. 9 And
if he has no daughter either, transfer his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers,
give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This
is a legal requirement for the people of Israel,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.”
Joshua Chosen to Lead Israel
12 One day the Lord said to Moses, “Climb one of
the mountains east of the river,* and look out
over the land I have given the people of Israel.
13 After you have seen it, you will die like your
brother, Aaron, 14 for you both rebelled against
my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When
the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.”
(These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh* in
the wilderness of Zin.)
15 Then Moses said to the Lord, 16 “O Lord, you
are the God who gives breath to all creatures.
Please appoint a new man as leader for the community. 17 Give them someone who will guide
them wherever they go and will lead them into
battle, so the community of the Lord will not be
like sheep without a shepherd.”
18 The Lord replied, “Take Joshua son of Nun,
who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands
on him. 19 Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people. 20 Transfer some
of your authority to him so the whole community of Israel will obey him. 21 When direction
from the Lord is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will use the Urim—
one of the sacred lots cast before the Lord—to
determine his will. This is how Joshua and the
rest of the community of Israel will determine
everything they should do.”
22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded.
He presented Joshua to Eleazar the priest
and the whole community. 23 Moses laid his
hands on him and commissioned him to lead
the people, just as the Lord had commanded
through Moses.
The Daily Offerings
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give these
instructions to the people of Israel:
The offerings you present as special gifts are a
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