Bible Gateway passage: Numbers 27-28 - New King James Version (2024)

Inheritance Laws

27Then came the daughters of ^(A)Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ²And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: ³“Our father ^(B)died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, ^(C)in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be ^(D)removed^[a] from among his family because he had no son? ^(E)Give us a ^[b]possession among our father’s brothers.”

⁵So Moses ^(F)brought their case before the Lord.

⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁷“The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; ^(G)you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. ⁸And 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. 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. ¹¹And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israel ^(H)a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Joshua the Next Leader of Israel^(I)

¹²Now the Lord said to Moses: ^(J)“Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. ¹³And when you have seen it, you also ^(K)shall ^[c]be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. ¹⁴For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you ^(L)rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the ^(M)waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

¹⁵Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: ¹⁶“Let the Lord, ^(N)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, ^17(O)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be ^(P)like sheep which have no shepherd.”

¹⁸And the Lord said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man ^(Q)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(R)lay your hand on him; ¹⁹set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and ^(S)inaugurate^[d] him in their sight. ²⁰And ^(T)you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel ^(U)may be obedient. ^21(V)He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him ^(W)by the judgment of the Urim. ^(X)At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”

²²So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. ²³And he laid his hands on him ^(Y)and ^[e]inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Daily Offerings^(Z)

28Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Command the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘My offering, ^(AA)My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time.’

³“And you shall say to them, ^(AB)‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering. ⁴The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, ⁵and ^(AC)one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a ^(AD)grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil. ⁶It is ^(AE)a regular burnt offering which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. ⁷And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb; ^(AF)in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the Lord as an offering. ⁸The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering made by fire, a ^[f]sweet aroma to the Lord.

Sabbath Offerings

⁹‘And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering— ¹⁰this is ^(AG)the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.

Monthly Offerings

^11(AH)‘At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish; ^12(AI)three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; ¹³and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. ¹⁴Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year. ¹⁵Also ^(AJ)one kid of the goats as a sin offering to the Lord shall be offered, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Offerings at Passover^(AK)

^16(AL)‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord. ^17(AM)And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. ¹⁸On the ^(AN)first day you shall have a holy ^[g]convocation. You shall do no ^[h]customary work. ¹⁹And you shall present an offering made by fire as a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year. ^(AO)Be sure they are without blemish. ²⁰Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah you shall offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram; ²¹you shall offer one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs; ²²also ^(AP)one goat as a sin offering, to make ^[i]atonement for you. ²³You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a regular burnt offering. ²⁴In this manner you shall offer the food of the offering made by fire daily for seven days, as a sweet aroma to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. ²⁵And ^(AQ)on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

Offerings at the Feast of Weeks^(AR)

²⁶‘Also ^(AS)on the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. ²⁷You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: ^(AT)two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, ²⁸with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, ²⁹and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs; ³⁰also one kid of the goats, to make ^[j]atonement for you. ^31(AU)Be sure they are without ^[k]blemish. You shall present them with their drink offerings, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering.