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He and his descendants will always be priests, because he had great concern for the honor of his God. He removed the sins of the Israelites so they would belong to God."

"Our father died in the desert. He was not one of Korah's followers who came together against the Lord , but he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

"Tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then everything he owned should go to his daughter.

If he has no daughter, then everything he owned should go to his brothers.

If he has no brothers, then everything he owned should go to his father's brothers.

And if his father had no brothers, then everything he owned should go to the nearest relative in his family group. This should be a rule among the people of Israel, as the Lord has given this command to Moses.'"

and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the people. Then give him his orders as they watch.

He must stand before Eleazar the priest, and Eleazar will get advice from the Lord by using the Urim. At his command all the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will all come in."

and he put his hands on him and gave him orders, just as the Lord had told him.

"If a man makes a promise to the Lord or says he will do something special, he must keep his promise. He must do what he said.

and we will not return home until every Israelite has received his land.

Or a person might hit someone with his hand and cause death. If it were done from hate, the person is a murderer and must be put to death. A relative of the dead person must kill the murderer when they meet.

They said, "The Lord commanded you, our master, to give the land to the Israelites by throwing lots, and the Lord commanded you to give the land of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

But if his daughters marry men from other tribes of Israel, then that land will leave our family, and the people of the other tribes will get that land. So we will lose some of our land.

In this way the Israelites' land will not pass from tribe to tribe, and each Israelite will keep the land in the tribe that belonged to his ancestors.

A woman who inherits her father's land may marry, but she must marry someone from her own tribe. In this way every Israelite will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.

Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on, because he followed the Lord completely."

Do not go to war against them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it, because I have given the mountains of Edom to Esau as his own.

The Lord said, "Get up and cross the Arnon Ravine. See, I am giving you the power to defeat Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I am giving you his land. So fight against him and begin taking his land.

The Lord said to me, "See, I have begun to give Sihon and his country to you. Begin taking the land as your own."