Numbers 27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 27
Zelophehad’s Daughters. 1 The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, came forward. (Zelophehad belonged to the clans of Manasseh, son of Joseph.) The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.(A) 2 Standing before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the princes, and the whole community at the entrance of the tent of meeting, they said: 3 “Our father died in the wilderness. Although he did not join the faction of those who conspired against the Lord,[a] Korah’s faction, he died for his own sin without leaving any sons. 4 But why should our father’s name be cut off from his clan merely because he had no son? Give us land among our father’s kindred.”
Laws Concerning Heiresses.[b] 5 So Moses laid their case before the Lord, 6 and the Lord said to him: 7 The plea of Zelophehad’s daughters is just; you shall give them hereditary land among their father’s kindred and transfer their father’s heritage to them. 8 Tell the Israelites: If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his heritage to his daughter; 9 if he has no daughter, you shall give his heritage to his brothers; 10 if he has no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his father’s brothers; 11 if his father had no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his nearest relative in his clan, who shall then take possession of it.
This will be the statutory procedure for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.(B)
Joshua to Succeed Moses. 12 The Lord said to Moses: Go up into this mountain of the Abarim range[c] and view the land that I have given to the Israelites.(C) 13 When you have viewed it, you will be gathered to your people, as was Aaron your brother.(D) 14 For in the rebellion of the community in the wilderness of Zin you both rebelled against my order to acknowledge my holiness before them by means of the water.(E) (These were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
15 Then Moses said to the Lord, 16 “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humanity,[d] set over the community someone 17 who will be their leader in battle and who will lead them out and bring them in, that the Lord’s community may not be like sheep without a shepherd.” 18 And the Lord replied to Moses: Take Joshua, son of Nun,(F) a man of spirit,[e] and lay your hand upon him. 19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission him in their sight. 20 Invest him with some of your own power, that the whole Israelite community may obey him. 21 He shall present himself to Eleazar the priest, who will seek for him the decision of the Urim[f] in the Lord’s presence; and as it directs, Joshua, all the Israelites with him, and the whole community will go out for battle; and as it directs, they will come in.
22 Moses did as the Lord had commanded him. Taking Joshua and having him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, 23 he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the Lord had directed through Moses.
Footnotes
- 27:3 He did not join…against the Lord: had he done so, he and his heirs could have been deprived of a portion in the promised land.
- 27:5–11 The purpose of this law, as also that of the related laws in 36:2–10 (marriage within the same tribe), Dt 25:5–10 (levirate marriage), and Lv 25:10 (return of property in the jubilee year), was to keep the landed property within the proper domain of each tribe.
- 27:12 The Abarim range: the mountains on the eastern side of the Dead Sea. The peak of this chain is Mount Nebo where Moses views the promised land before he dies (Dt 32:49).
- 27:16 The God of the spirits of all humanity: the sense is that God knows the character and abilities of all people and therefore knows best whom to appoint (cf. Jgs 6:34; 11:29; 1 Sm 16:13); see the same phrase in Nm 16:22, where “spirit” evidently means the life principle.
- 27:18 A man of spirit: lit., “a man in whom there is spirit,” that is, probably one who is endowed with a courageous spirit (Jos 2:11); compare Gn 41:38; Dt 34:9.
- 27:21 The Urim: certain sacred objects which Israelite priests employed to discern the divine will, probably by obtaining a positive or negative answer to a given question. The full expression was “the Urim and Thummim”; cf. Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Dt 33:8; Ezr 2:63; Neh 7:65. Joshua ordinarily did not receive direct revelations from God as Moses had received them.
4 Mózes 27
Hungarian Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Örökösödés leányágon
27 József fia Manassé, ennek fia Mákír, ennek fia Gileád, ennek fia Héfer, ennek fia Célofhád, akinek csak leányai születtek: Mahlá, Nóá, Hoglá, Milká és Tircá. 2 Ez az öt leány odaállt Mózes, Eleázár főpap és a vezetők elé, Izráel egész közösségének nyilvánossága előtt, a Találkozás Sátorának bejáratánál, és ezt mondták:
3 „Kérjük, hallgassátok meg kérésünket! Apánk meghalt a pusztai vándorlás során, de nem tartozott Kórah csoportjába, azok közé, akik fellázadtak az Örökkévaló ellen. Apánk a maga bűnei miatt halt meg, de fia nem született. 4 Arról senki sem tehet, hogy csak leányai születtek! Így viszont senki sem fogja nevét továbbvinni a leszármazottjai közül. Vajon helyes-e hogy az ő leszármazási vonala megszakadjon, és nevét kitöröljék Izráel népe közül, csak azért, mert nem született fia? Kérünk, adjatok nekünk is állandó családi földbirtokot a nemzetségünk területén, mint ahogy a fiúk szoktak kapni!”
5 Ezután Mózes az Örökkévaló elé terjesztette ezt az ügyet. 6 Az Örökkévaló pedig ezt felelte: 7 „Célofhád leányainak igaza van. Adj nekik földbirtokot apjuk rokonsága között. Azt a földet oszd szét közöttük, amit apjuknak adnál, ha élne.
8 Izráel népének meg add tudtára: ha valaki fiúörökös nélkül hal meg, akkor minden vagyonát a leánya örökölje! 9 Ha leánya sincs, akkor testvérei örököljenek utána. 10 Ha testvérei sincsenek, akkor apja testvérei legyenek az örökösök. 11 Ha ilyen rokona sincs, akkor a legközelebbi rokona örököljön utána. Törvény legyen ez Izráel számára, mert ezt az Örökkévaló mondta Mózesnek!”
Az Örökkévaló Józsuét állítja Mózes helyére(A)
12 Ezt mondta az Örökkévaló Mózesnek: „Menj fel az Abárim-hegyre, hogy onnan meglásd azt a földet, amelyet Izráel népének adok! 13 Miután láttad, neked is meg kell halnod, mint a testvérednek, Áronnak, és őseidhez fogsz csatlakozni. 14 Így kell ennek lennie, mivel te és Áron a Cin-pusztában nem engedelmeskedtetek a parancsomnak. Amikor a nép fellázadt ellenem, ti is engedetlenek voltatok azáltal, amit a népnek mondtatok, és nem mutattátok meg nekik, hogy én szent vagyok”. (Ez Kádés mellett történt, a „Lázadás-forrásnál”, a Cin-pusztában.)
15 Mózes ekkor így kérte az Örökkévalót: 16 „Kérlek, Örökkévaló, aki minden ember szellemének Istene vagy,[a] állíts helyettem vezetőt Izráel közösségének élére! 17 Jelölj ki egy férfit, aki vezesse őket békében-harcban, és előttük járjon. Ne legyen az Örökkévaló közössége pásztor nélküli nyáj!”
18 Az Örökkévaló így válaszolt Mózesnek: „Józsué, Nún fia legyen az a férfi, mert bölcs és bátor. 19 Állítsd őt Eleázár főpap és az egész közösség elé, azután mindannyiuk előtt tedd rá a kezedet, így hatalmazd fel erre a feladatra, és adj neki utasításokat!
20 Így adj át neki vezetői felhatalmazásodból, hogy Izráel egész közössége engedelmeskedjen Józsuénak. 21 Ha döntenie kell valamiben, forduljon Eleázár főpaphoz, aki kérje ki az Örökkévaló határozatát az Úrím által, Józsué kérdése szerint. Azután Józsué, az egész hadsereg és Izráel egész közössége annak megfelelően cselekedjen, ahogy az Örökkévaló válaszolt a kérdésre. Ha az Örökkévaló úgy felel, akkor induljanak a csatába, ha pedig azt parancsolja, hogy térjenek haza, akkor tegyék azt”.
22-23 Mózes mindent annak megfelelően tett, ahogy az Örökkévaló parancsolta neki: Józsuét Eleázár főpap és az egész közösség elé állította, majd a kezét Józsuéra tette, és megbízta, hogy ő legyen a nép vezetője.
Footnotes
- 4 Mózes 27:16 aki… vagy Valószínűleg azt jelenti: „Te adsz életadó szellemet minden teremtménynek!”
Numbers 27
New King James Version
Inheritance Laws
27 Then came the daughters of (A)Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: 3 “Our father (B)died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, (C)in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be (D)removed[a] from among his family because he had no son? (E)Give us a [b]possession among our father’s brothers.”
5 So Moses (F)brought their case before the Lord.
6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; (G)you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. 8 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israel (H)a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Joshua the Next Leader of Israel(I)
12 Now the Lord said to Moses: (J)“Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. 13 And when you have seen it, you also (K)shall [c]be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. 14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you (L)rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the (M)waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: 16 “Let the Lord, (N)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 (O)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (P)like sheep which have no shepherd.”
18 And the Lord said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man (Q)in whom is the Spirit, and (R)lay your hand on him; 19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and (S)inaugurate[d] him in their sight. 20 And (T)you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel (U)may be obedient. 21 (V)He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him (W)by the judgment of the Urim. (X)At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”
22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands on him (Y)and [e]inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 27:4 withdrawn
- Numbers 27:4 inheritance
- Numbers 27:13 Die and join your ancestors
- Numbers 27:19 commission
- Numbers 27:23 commissioned
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