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54 To the greater number thou shalt give a Chapter 27
greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every
one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a Then came the daughters of Salphaad, the son
possession be delivered: of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir,
55 Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph:
the tribe and families. and their names are Maala, and Noa, and Hegla,
56 Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be and Melcha, and Thersa.
taken by the more, or the fewer. 2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar
57 This also is the number of the sons of Levi the priest, and all the princes of the people at
by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and
of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family said:
of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family 3 Our father died in the desert, and was not
of the Merarites. in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord
58 These are the families of Levi: The family under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he
of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of had no male children. Why is his name taken
Core. Now Caath begot Amram: away out of his family, because he had no son?
59 Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our
Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore father.
to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, 4 And Moses referred their cause to the judg-
and Mary their sister. ment of the Lord.
60 Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and 5 And the Lord said to him:
Eleazar and Ithamar: 6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just
61 Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they thing: Give them a possession among their fa-
had offered the strange fire before the Lord. ther’s kindred, and let them succeed him in his
62 And all that were numbered, were twenty- inheritance.
three thousand males from one month old and 7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak
upward: for they were not reckoned up among these things:
the children of Israel, neither was a possession 8 When a man dieth without a son, his inher-
given to them with the rest. itance shall pass to his daughter.
63 This is the number of the children of Is- 9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall
rael, that were enrolled by Moses and Eleazar succeed him.
the priest, in the plains of Moab upon the Jor- 10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give
dan, over against Jericho. the inheritance to his father’s brethren.
64 Among whom there was not one of them 11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the
that were numbered before by Moses and Aaron inheritance shall be given to them that are the
in the desert of Sinai. next akin. And this shall be to the children of
65 For the Lord had foretold that they should Israel sacred by a perpetual law, as the Lord
die in the wilderness. And none remained of hath commanded Moses.
them, but Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue 12 The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into
the son of Nun. this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the