Numbers 27 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

A Law of Inheritance

Num 27:1And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near -- and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah --

Num 27:2

Num 27:2and stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the company, at the opening of the tent of meeting, saying:

Num 27:3

Num 27:3'Our father died in the wilderness, and he -- he was not in the midst of the company who were met together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but for his own sin he died, and had no sons;

Num 27:4

Num 27:4why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'

Num 27:5

Num 27:5and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah.

Num 27:6

Num 27:6And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Num 27:7

Num 27:7'Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them.

Num 27:8

Num 27:8'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When a man dieth, and hath no son, then ye have caused his inheritance to pass over to his daughter;

Num 27:9

Num 27:9and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren;

Num 27:10

Num 27:10and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father's brethren;

Num 27:11

Num 27:11and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;' and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

(Deu 31:1–8 )

Num 27:12

Num 27:12And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

Num 27:13

Num 27:13and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

Num 27:14

Num 27:14because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company -- to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;' they are waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

Joshua to Succeed Moses

Num 27:15

Num 27:15And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,

Num 27:16

Num 27:16'Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company,

Num 27:17

Num 27:17who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.'

Num 27:18

Num 27:18And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,

Num 27:19

Num 27:19and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,

Num 27:20

Num 27:20and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

Num 27:21

Num 27:21'And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.'

Num 27:22

Num 27:22And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company,

Num 27:23

Num 27:23and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Numbers 27 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

A Law of Inheritance

Joshua to Succeed Moses

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