Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
The Name rewards Pinchas, who stopped the plague, with a covenant of peace and an everlasting priesthood for his descendants; the man he killed was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of Shimon, and the woman was Cozbi daughter of Tzur of Midian. After the plague the people are counted again, tribe by tribe, and the land is to be divided by their numbers and by lot; of those counted at Sinai, only Kalev and Yehoshua remain. The five daughters of Tzelofchad, Machlah, Noa, Chaglah, Milkah and Tirtzah, stand at the Tent and ask why their father's name should vanish because he had no son; Moshe brings their case to the Name, who says they speak rightly and gives them their father's portion. Moshe is told to climb the mountain and see the land he will not enter, and he asks for a shepherd so the people will not be like sheep without one; the Name chooses Yehoshua, and Moshe lays his hands on him before Elazar and the whole community. The parsha ends with the offerings for every day, every Shabbat, every new moon and every festival of the year.