Numbers 27
GOD’S WORD Translation
A Request from Zelophehad’s Daughters
27 The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They came 2 to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said, 3 “Our father died in the desert. He was not a part of Korah’s followers who joined forces against the Lord. He died for his own sin and left no sons. 4 Why should our father’s name be allowed to die out in his family because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”
5 So Moses brought their case to the Lord, 6 and the Lord said to him, 7 “Zelophehad’s daughters are right. You must give them property of their own among their father’s relatives. Turn their father’s property over to them.
8 “Tell the Israelites: If a man dies and leaves no sons, turn his property over to his daughters. 9 If he has no daughters, give his property to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his property to his uncles on his father’s side of the family. 11 If he has no uncles, give his property to the nearest relative in his family, and that relative will take possession of it. This will be a rule for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.”
The Lord Appoints Joshua to Succeed Moses
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites. 13 After you see it, you, too, will join your ancestors ⌞in death⌟, as your brother Aaron did. 14 You both rebelled against my command in the Desert of Zin. You didn’t show the people how holy I am when they were complaining at the oasis.” (This was the oasis of Meribah at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)
15 Moses said to the Lord, 16 “Lord, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone. Please appoint someone over the community 17 who will lead them in and out ⌞of battle⌟ so that the Lord’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua, son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit, and place your hand on him. 19 Make him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community, and give him his instructions in their presence. 20 Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him. 21 He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim [a] to make decisions in the Lord’s presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return.”
22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community. 23 Moses placed his hands on Joshua and gave him his instructions as the Lord had told him.
Footnotes
- 27:21 The Urim and Thummim were used by the chief priest to determine God’s answer to questions.
Numbers 27
King James Version
27 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
5 And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15 And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
16 Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
18 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
Bilang 27
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang mga Anak na Babae ni Zelofehad
27 Si Zelofehad ay may mga anak na babae na sina Mahlah, Noe, Hogla, Milca at Tirza. Si Zelofehad ay anak ni Hefer at apo ni Gilead na anak ni Makir at apo ni Manase. Si Manase ay anak ni Jose. 2 Ngayon, nagpunta ang mga babaeng ito sa pintuan ng Toldang Tipanan at tumayo sa harapan nina Moises, Eleazar, ng mga pinuno at ng buong kapulungan ng Israel. Sinabi ng mga babae, 3 “Namatay ang aming ama roon sa ilang na walang anak na lalaki. Pero namatay siya hindi dahil sa tagasunod siya ni Kora na nagrebelde sa Panginoon, kundi dahil sa sarili niyang kasalanan. 4 Dahil lang po ba sa walang anak na lalaki ang aming ama, mawawala na ang kanyang pangalan sa sambahayan ng Israel? Bigyan din ninyo kami ng lupa tulad ng natanggap ng aming mga kamag-anak.”
5 Kaya sinabi ni Moises sa Panginoon ang kanilang hinihingi. 6 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, 7 “Tama ang sinabi ng mga anak na babae ni Zelofehad. Kailangang bigyan mo sila ng lupa kasama ng mga kamag-anak ng kanilang ama. Ibigay sa kanila ang lupa na dapat sana ay sa kanilang ama.
8 “At sabihin mo sa mga Israelita na kung mamatay ang isang tao na hindi nagkaanak ng lalaki, kailangang ibigay sa kanyang anak na babae ang kanyang lupa. 9 At kung wala siyang anak na babae, ibigay sa kanyang kapatid na lalaki. 10 At kung wala siyang kapatid na lalaki, ibigay ang kanyang lupa sa kapatid na lalaki ng kanyang ama. 11 Kung walang kapatid na lalaki ang kanyang ama, ibigay ang kanyang lupa sa pinakamalapit niyang kamag-anak at ang kanyang kamag-anak ang magmamana ng lupa. Itoʼy susundin ng mga Israelita bilang isang legal na kautusang dapat sundin, ayon sa iniutos ko sa iyo, Moises.”
Pinili si Josue Bilang Kapalit ni Moises(A)
12 Pagkatapos, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Umakyat ka sa kabundukan ng Abarim at tingnan mo roon ang lupaing ibinigay ko sa mga Israelita. 13 Pagkatapos mong makita ito, sasama ka na sa piling ng mga yumao mong ninuno, tulad ng kapatid mong si Aaron. 14 Dahil noong nagrebelde ang mga Israelita sa akin doon sa bukal ng ilang ng Zin, sinuway ninyo ni Aaron ang aking utos na ipakita ang aking kabanalan sa mga mamamayan.” (Ang bukal na ito ay ang Meriba na nasa Kadesh sa ilang ng Zin.) 15 Sinabi ni Moises sa Panginoon, 16 “O Panginoon, Dios na pinanggagalingan ng buhay ng lahat ng tao, pumili po sana kayo ng isang tao na mamumuno sa mga mamamayang ito 17 at mangunguna sa kanila sa labanan, upang ang inyong mga mamamayan ay hindi maging tulad ng mga tupang walang tagapagbantay.”
18 Kaya sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Ipatawag si Josue na anak ni Nun, na puspos ng Espiritu, at ipatong mo ang iyong kamay sa kanyang ulo. 19 Patayuin siya sa harapan ng paring si Eleazar at ng buong kapulungan, at ipaalam mo sa kanila na pinili mo siya para pumalit sa iyo. 20 Ibigay mo sa kanya ang iba mong kapangyarihan upang sundin siya ng buong mamamayan ng Israel. 21 Kay Eleazar niya malalaman ang aking pasya sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ni Eleazar ng ‘Urim’[a] sa aking presensya. Sa pamamagitan nito, masusubaybayan ni Eleazar si Josue at ang lahat ng mga Israelita sa kanilang gagawin.”
22 Kaya ginawa ni Moises ang iniutos sa kanya ng Panginoon. Ipinatawag niya si Josue at pinatayo sa harapan ng paring si Eleazar at ng buong kapulungan. 23 At ayon sa iniutos sa kanya ng Panginoon, ipinatong niya ang kanyang kamay kay Josue at ipinahayag na si Josue ang papalit sa kanya.
Footnotes
- 27:21 ‘Urim’: Bagay na ginagamit para malaman ang kalooban ng Dios.
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