Then 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 came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Num 26:33Gal 3:281Ch 7:15Num 36:1-12Jos 17:3-6 They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying, Deu 17:8-10Exo 18:13-14Exo 18:19-26Num 15:33-34 “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons. Num 26:64-65Ezk 18:4Num 14:35Jhn 8:21Jhn 8:24Num 16:1-3Num 16:19Num 16:32-35 Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.” Jos 17:4Exo 32:11Psa 109:13Pro 13:9
Moses brought their cause before the LORD. Lev 24:12-13Exo 25:22Job 23:4Num 9:8Pro 3:5-6Exo 18:15-19Num 15:34 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Gal 3:28Psa 68:5-6 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. Jer 49:11Gal 3:28Jos 17:4Num 36:1-2Psa 68:5 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. If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.’” Num 35:29Jer 32:8Rut 4:3-61Sa 30:25Lev 25:25Lev 25:49
The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. Deu 3:23-27Deu 34:1-4Num 33:47-48Deu 32:48-52 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered; Deu 10:6Num 31:2Num 20:24-28Deu 32:50Gen 25:17Gen 25:8Num 33:38 because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) Deu 1:37Deu 32:51-52Exo 17:7Num 20:8-13Psa 106:32-33Num 20:1Num 20:24
Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, Num 16:22Heb 12:9Jer 3:15Deu 31:141Pe 5:2-41Sa 12:13Act 20:28Ezk 34:23 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.” Ezk 34:51Ki 22:17Mrk 6:342Ch 1:10Deu 31:2Mat 9:36Zec 10:21Ki 3:7
The LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. Deu 34:9Gen 41:38Num 27:23Deu 31:7-8Deu 3:28Deu 31:23Jdg 3:10Act 19:6 Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight. Deu 3:28Deu 31:23Deu 31:7-81Ti 5:211Ti 6:13-172Ti 4:1-6Act 20:28-31Col 4:17 You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. Jos 1:16-181Sa 10:91Ch 29:231Ch 29:251Sa 10:62Ki 2:152Ki 2:9-10Num 11:17 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” 1Sa 28:6Exo 28:30Jos 9:141Sa 22:10-151Sa 23:91Sa 30:7Deu 33:8Ezr 2:63
Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses. Deu 3:28Num 27:19Deu 31:7-8