7. “The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
8. And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;
9. and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;
10. and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;
11. and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the Lord commanded Moses.’”
12. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.
13. When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.
14. For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water – the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”
15. Then Moses spoke to the Lord:
16. “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,
17. who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
18. The Lord replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him;
19. set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly.