Numbers Chapter 27
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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What hath God wrought!
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Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,
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And as a lion doth he lift himself up:
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He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
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And drink the blood of the slain.
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
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And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
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And he took up his parable, and said,
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Balaam the son of Beor saith,
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And the man whose eye was closed saith;
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He saith, who heareth the words of God,
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Who seeth the vision of the Almighty,
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Falling down, and having his eyes open:
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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,
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Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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As valleys are they spread forth,
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As gardens by the river-side,
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Then drew near 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; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
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And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and the whole assembly, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,
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Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the band of them that banded themselves together against Jehovah in the band of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.
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Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he has no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
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And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
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And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
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And if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
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And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
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And if his father have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is nearest to him in his family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of right, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land that I have given unto the children of Israel.
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And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,
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because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, as to hallowing me in the matter of the water before their eyes. (That is the water of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
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And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying,
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Let Jehovah, theGod of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the assembly,
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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 assembly of Jehovah be not as sheep that have no shepherd.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and thou shalt lay thy hand upon him;
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and thou shalt set him before Eleazar the priest, and before the whole assembly; and give him commandment before their eyes.
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And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.
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And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly.
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And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before the whole assembly.
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And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him commandment, as Jehovah had said through Moses.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the daughters of Salpaad the son of Opher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, of the tribe of Manasse, of the sons of Joseph, came near; and these were their names, Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa;
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and they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and before all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,
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Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation that rebelled against the Lord in the gathering of Core; for he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. Let not the name of our father be blotted out of the midst of his people, because he has no son: give us an inheritance in the midst of our father's brethren.
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And Moses brought their case before the Lord.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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The daughters of Salpaad have spoken rightly: thou shalt surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and thou shalt assign their father's inheritance to them.
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And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,
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If a man die, and have no son, ye shall assign his inheritance to his daughter.
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And if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance to his brother.
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And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance to his father's brother.
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And if there be no brethren of his father, ye shall give the inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his possessions; and this shall be to the children of Israel an ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is in the country beyond Jordan, this mount Nabau, and behold the land Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession.
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And thou shalt see it, and thou also shalt be added to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was added [to them] in mount Or:
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because ye transgressed my commandment in the wilderness of Sin, when the congregation resisted [and refused] to sanctify me; ye sanctified me not at the water before them. This is the water of Strife in Cades in the wilderness of Sin.
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And Moses said to the Lord,
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Let the Lord God of spirits and of all flesh look out for a man over this congregation,
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who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take to thyself Joshua the son of Naue, a man who has the Spirit in him, and thou shalt lay thy hands upon him.
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And thou shalt set him before Eleazar the priest, and thou shalt give him a charge before all the congregation, and thou shalt give a charge concerning him before them.
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And thou shalt put of thy glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.
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And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and they shall ask of him before the Lord the judgment of the Urim: they shall go forth at his word, and at his word they shall come in, he and the children of Israel with one accord, and all the congregation.
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And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.
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And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Accesserunt autem filiæ Salphaad, filii Hepher, filii Galaad, filii Machir, filii Manasse, qui fuit filius Ioseph: quarum sunt nomina, Maala, et Noa, et Hegla, et Melcha, et Thersa.
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Steteruntque coram Moyse et Eleazaro sacerdote, et cunctis principibus populi ad ostium tabernaculi fœderis, atque dixerunt:
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Pater noster mortuus est in deserto, nec fuit in seditione, quæ concitata est contra Dominum sub Core, sed in peccato suo mortuus est: hic non habuit mares filios. Cur tollitur nomen illius de familia sua, quia non habuit filium? Date nobis possessionem inter cognatos patris nostri.
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Retulitque Moyses causam earum ad iudicium Domini.
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Qui dixit ad eum:
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Iustam rem postulant filiæ Salphaad: da eis possessionem inter cognatos patris sui, et ei in hereditatem succedant.
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Ad filios autem Israel loqueris hæc:
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Homo cum mortuus fuerit absque filio, ad filiam eius transibit hereditas.
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si filiam non habuerit, habebit successores fratres suos.
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quod si et fratres non fuerint, dabitis hereditatem fratribus patris eius.
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sin autem nec patruos habuerit, dabitur hereditas his, qui ei proximi sunt. eritque hoc filiis Israel sanctum lege perpetua, sicut præcepit Dominus Moysi.
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Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Ascende in montem istum Abarim, et contemplare inde Terram, quam daturus sum filiis Israel.
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cumque videris eam, ibis et tu ad populum tuum, sicut ivit frater tuus Aaron:
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quia offendistis me in deserto Sin in contradictione multitudinis, nec sanctificare me voluistis coram ea super aquas. hæ sunt aquæ contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin.
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Cui respondit Moyses:
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Provideat Dominus Deus spirituum omnis carnis, hominem, qui sit super multitudinem hanc:
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et possit exire et intrare ante eos, et educere eos vel introducere: ne sit populus Domini sicut oves absque pastore.
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Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Tolle Iosue filium Nun virum in quo est Spiritus, et pone manum tuam super eum.
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Qui stabit coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni multitudine:
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et dabis ei præcepta cunctis videntibus, et partem gloriæ tuæ, ut audiat eum omnis synagoga filiorum Israel.
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Pro hoc, siquid agendum erit, Eleazar sacerdos consulet Dominum. Ad verbum eius egredietur et ingredietur ipse, et omnes filii Israel cum eo, et cetera multitudo.
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Fecit Moyses ut præceperat Dominus. Cumque tulisset Iosue, statuit eum coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni frequentia populi.
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Et impositis capiti eius manibus, cuncta replicavit quæ mandaverat Dominus.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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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.
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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,
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“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.
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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.”
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Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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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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If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
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If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
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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.’”
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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.
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When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
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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.)
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Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,
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“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
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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.”
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The LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
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Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.
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You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
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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.”
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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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He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And 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 <FI>are<Fi> the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah--
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and 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:
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`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;
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why 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;'
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and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah.
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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`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.
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`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;
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and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren;
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and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father's brethren;
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and 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.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;
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and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,
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because 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 <FI>are<Fi> waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.
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And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,
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`Jehovah--God of the spirits of all flesh--appoint a man over the company,
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who 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.'
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom <FI>is<Fi> the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,
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and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,
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and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.
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`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.'
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And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company,
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and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).