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NUMBERS CHAPTER 27
The law of inheritance: for daughters on defect of sons; and on defect of them to the brother; and if there be none, to the next kinsman, Num_27:1-11. God commands Moses to go up into a mountain to view the land of Canaan, and die there: the reason, Num_27:12-14. Moses prays to the Lord to appoint an able successor, Num_27:15-17. Joshua chose, and confirmed in his office by imposition of hands before all the people, Num_27:18-23.
Perceiving that the males only were numbered, and that the land was to be divided to them only, they put in their claim for a share in their father’s inheritance.