Moses

They stood in front of Moshe, El'azar the cohen, the leaders and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

Moshe brought their cause before ADONAI.

ADONAI answered Moshe,

If his father doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to the closest relative in his family, and he will possess it. This will be the standard for judgment to be used by the people of Isra'el, as ADONAI ordered Moshe.'"

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Climb this mountain in the 'Avarim Range, and look out at the land which I have given the people of Isra'el.

Moshe said to ADONAI,

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Take Y'hoshua the son of Nun, a spiritual man, and lay your hand on him.

Moshe did as ADONAI had ordered him. He took Y'hoshua, put him before El'azar the cohen and the whole community,

laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as ADONAI had said through Moshe.

ADONAI said to Moshe,

Moshe told the people of Isra'el everything, just as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. He said, "Here is what ADONAI has ordered:

These are the laws which ADONAI ordered Moshe between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, if she is a minor living in her father's house.

ADONAI said to Moshe,

Moshe said to the people, "Equip men from among yourselves for war. They are to go and fight Midyan, in order to carry out ADONAI's vengeance on Midyan.

Moshe sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war; he sent them and Pinchas the son of El'azar the cohen to the war, with the holy utensils and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his care.

They fought against Midyan, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe, and killed every male.

and brought the captives, booty and spoil to Moshe, El'azar the cohen and the community of Isra'el in the camp on the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden across from Yericho.

Moshe, El'azar the cohen and all the community leaders went to meet them outside the camp.

But Moshe was angry with the army officers, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds coming in from the battlefield.

Moshe asked them, "You let the women live?

El'azar the cohen said to the soldiers who had gone to the front, "This is the regulation from the Torah which ADONAI has ordered Moshe.

ADONAI said to Moshe,

Moshe and El'azar the cohen did as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

Moshe gave the tribute set apart for ADONAI to El'azar the cohen, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.