Moses

They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

The LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

He laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.

These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the shofars for the alarm in his hand.

They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.

They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.

Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?

Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.