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Numbers 27 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Inheritance Laws
The Law of Inheritance

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:3 - “Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the LORD, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - “Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:5 - So Moses brought their case before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:6 - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:8 - “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:9 - ‘If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:10 - ‘If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Joshua the Next Leader of Israel
(Deut. 31:1–8 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:12 - Now the LORD said to Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:13 - “And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - “For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:15 - Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:16 - “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:17 - “who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:18 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:19 - “set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:20 - “And you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:21 - “He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:23 - And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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