1Lalu mendekatlah kelima anak perempuan Zelafehad. Nama-nama mereka adalah Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka, dan Tirza. Garis keturunan mereka adalah Yusuf, Manasye, Makir, Gilead, Hefer, dan Zelafehad.2Mereka menghadap Musa, Imam Eleazar, para pemimpin serta seluruh umat di depan kemah TUHAN.3Mereka berkata, “Ayah kami sudah meninggal di padang belantara dan dia tidak mempunyai anak laki-laki. Ayah kami tidak ikut memberontak terhadap TUHAN bersama dengan pengikut-pengikut Korah, tetapi dia mati karena dosanya sendiri.4Apakah hanya karena dia tidak punya anak laki-laki sebagai pewaris, namanya terhapus dari marganya? Mohon berikanlah kami tanah warisan bersama dengan saudara-saudara ayah kami.”5Lalu Musa membawa perkara itu di hadapan TUHAN.6Maka TUHAN menjawab Musa,7“Apa yang dikatakan anak perempuan Zelafehad itu benar. Berikanlah kepada mereka tanah warisan bersama dengan saudara-saudara ayah mereka. Tanah untuk Zelafehad harus diwariskan kepada mereka.8“Katakanlah kepada orang Israel, ‘Apabila seorang laki-laki meninggal dan dia tidak punya anak laki-laki, warisannya harus diberikan kepada anak-anak perempuannya.9Kalau dia juga tidak punya anak perempuan, berikanlah warisannya itu kepada saudaranya laki-laki.10Jika dia tidak juga punya saudara laki-laki, berikanlah warisannya itu kepada saudara laki-laki ayahnya.11Dan apabila ayahnya tidak punya saudara laki-laki, berikanlah warisannya itu kepada kerabat terdekatnya dalam kaumnya.’ Itulah perintah-Ku kepadamu dan hal ini harus menjadi peraturan yang berlaku turun temurun bagi orang Israel.”
Bagian: Yosua dipilih sebagai pengganti Musa
12TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, “Naiklah ke pegunungan Abarim ini, dan dari sana pandanglah negeri yang sudah Aku berikan kepada bangsa Israel.13Sesudah kamu memandang negeri itu, kamu akan mati sama seperti kakakmu Harun dan mendapat tempat bersama nenek moyangmu yang sudah meninggal,14karena waktu bangsa Israel bersungut-sungut di padang belantara Zin, kalian berdua melawan perintah-Ku tentang air itu. Kalian tidak menghormati Aku sebagai Allah yang kudus di hadapan mereka.” (Peristiwa itu terjadi di mata air Meriba di Kades di padang belantara Zin.)15Lalu Musa berkata kepada TUHAN,16“Ya TUHAN, Engkau Allah atas segala makhluk hidup. Aku mohon kepada-Mu, tunjuklah seorang pemimpin untuk umat-Mu ini,17untuk memimpin mereka dalam perang, dan menjaga mereka supaya tidak menjadi seperti kawanan domba tanpa gembala.”18Maka berkatalah TUHAN kepada Musa, “Panggillah Yosua anak Nun. Dia mempunyai bakat memimpin. Lalu suruh dia berdiri di hadapan Imam Eleazar dan seluruh umat-Ku. Kemudian letakkan tanganmu pada kepalanya untuk melantiknya sebagai penggantimu yang memimpin atas umat-Ku.20Alihkanlah kepadanya sebagian kewenangan yang ada padamu supaya seluruh umat Israel patuh kepadanya.21Kapan saja Yosua perlu mengambil suatu keputusan, dia akan minta Imam Eleazar menggunakan Urim untuk mengetahui keputusan-Ku. Begitulah cara Yosua dan seluruh bangsa Israel akan diarahkan sesuai dengan kehendak-Ku, sesudah kamu tidak ada lagi di dunia.”22Lalu, sesuai perintah TUHAN, Musa melantik Yosua. Dalam pertemuan seluruh umat dan disaksikan oleh Imam Eleazar, Musa meletakkan tangan di atas Yosua dan berdoa bagi dia sebagai penggantinya.
World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)
1Then 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.2They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,3“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons.4Why 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.”5Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.6Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,7“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.8You 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.9If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.10If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.11If 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 Yahweh commanded Moses.’”12Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.13When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;14because 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.)15Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,16“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,17who 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 Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”18Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.19Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.20You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. 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.”22Moses did as Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.23He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.