Daily Meditation
15-17 And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying... Numbers 27
Today’s Reading
Numbers
Chapter 27
Set a man over the
congregation
1 Then came 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 are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not
in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in
the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should
the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no
son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
6 And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying, 7 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. 8 And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no
son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he
have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And
if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s
brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall
possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
12 And the Lord said
unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have
given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also
shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye
rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water
of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15 And Moses spake
unto the Lord, saying, 16 Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
set a man over the congregation, 17 which may go out before them, and which may
go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in;
that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
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