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If he has no brothers, everything he owns will be given to his father's brothers.

If his father had no brothers, everything he owns will be given to the closest relative in his family. This will be a law among the Israelites. The Lord has given this command to Moses.'"

Then Moses put his hands on him to show that he was the new leader. He did this just as the Lord told him to.

"If a man makes a special promise to the Lord or makes a promise with an oath, he must not break his promise. He must do everything he said he would do.

How does the husband let his wife keep her promises? If he hears about the promises and does not stop them, the woman must do exactly what she promised.

These are the commands that the Lord gave to Moses. These are the commands about a man and his wife, and about a father and his daughter who is still young and living at home in her father's house.

Take part of these things from the soldiers who went to war. That part will belong to the Lord . His share is one from every 500 items. This includes people, cattle, donkeys, and sheep.

And now you are doing the same thing that your fathers did. You sinful people, do you want the Lord to be even more angry with his people?

We will not come back home until everyone in Israel has taken his part of the land.

So Moses gave Gilead to Makir from the tribe of Manasseh, and his family settled there.

Nobah defeated Kenath and the small towns near it. Then he called that place by his own name.

The Egyptians were burying all the people the Lord killed. They were burying all their firstborn sons. The Lord had shown his judgment against the gods of Egypt.

They said, "Sir, the Lord commanded us to get our land by throwing lots. And sir, the Lord commanded that the land of Zelophehad our brother be given to his daughters.

And if a woman gets her father's land, she must marry someone from her own tribe. That way everyone will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.

You saw what happened in the desert. You saw how the Lord your God carried you like a man carries his child. He brought you safely all the way to this place.'

Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see that land. I will give Caleb the land he walked on, and I will give that land to his descendants, because he did all that I, the Lord , commanded.'

Don't fight them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it, because I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to keep as his own.

"The Lord told me, ‘Get ready to go across Arnon Valley. I will let you defeat Sihon the Amorite, the king of Heshbon. I will let you take his country. So fight against him and take his land.

"But King Sihon of Heshbon would not let us pass through his country. The Lord your God had made him very stubborn and ready to fight. The Lord did this so that he could help you defeat King Sihon. And today we know that is what happened.

"The Lord said to me, ‘I am giving King Sihon and his country to you. Now, go take his land!'