Numbers 27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Case of Daughters’ Inheritance
27 The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, 3 “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah’s followers, who gathered together against the Lord.(A) Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan? Since he had no son, give us property among our father’s brothers.”
5 Moses brought their case before the Lord, 6 and the Lord answered him, 7 “What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.(B) 8 Tell the Israelites: When a man dies without having a son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the Lord commanded Moses.”
Joshua Commissioned to Succeed Moses
12 Then the Lord said to Moses,(C) “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range[a] and see the land that I have given the Israelites. 13 After you have seen it, you will also be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was.(D) 14 When the community quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight at the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah[b] of Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.(E)
15 So Moses appealed to the Lord, 16 “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,(F) appoint a man over the community 17 who will go out before them and come back in before them,(G) and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.”(H)
18 The Lord replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.(I) 19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission(J) him in their sight. 20 Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him. 21 He will stand before Eleazar who will consult the Lord for him with the decision of the Urim.(K) He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”
22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire community, 23 laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 27:12 = Mount Nebo; Nm 33:47-48; Dt 32:49; Jr 22:20
- Numbers 27:14 = quarreling
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.
民数记 27
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
西羅非哈之眾女兒
27 屬約瑟的兒子瑪拿西的各家族，有瑪拿西的玄孫、瑪吉的曾孫、基列的孫子、希弗的兒子西羅非哈的女兒，名叫瑪拉、挪阿、曷拉、密迦、得撒；她們前來， 2 站在會幕門口，在摩西和以利亞撒祭司、眾領袖和全體會眾面前，說： 3 “我們的父親死在曠野，他並不是在那聚集攻擊耶和華的人之中，不屬可拉一黨的人；他死在自己的罪中，只是他沒有兒子。 4 為甚麼因為我們的父親沒有兒子，就把他的名從他的家族中除掉呢？求你在我們父親的兄弟中，給我們產業。” 5 於是摩西就把她們的案件呈到耶和華面前。
6 耶和華對摩西說： 7 “西羅非哈的女兒說得有理，你一定要在她們父親的兄弟中，給她們產業，要把她們父親的產業給她們。 8 你也要告訴以色列人說：‘一個人死時，如果沒有兒子，就要使他的產業歸給他的女兒。 9 如果他沒有女兒，就要把他的產業給他的兄弟。 10 如果他沒有兄弟，就要把他的產業給他父系的兄弟。 11 如果他父親沒有兄弟，你們就要把他的產業給他家族中最近的親屬，那人就要得他的產業。這要作以色列人的律例、典章，是照著耶和華吩咐摩西的。’”
約書亞承繼摩西的職位(A)
12 耶和華吩咐摩西說：“你要上這亞巴琳山去，看看我賜給以色列人的地。 13 看了以後，你也必歸到你的本族那裡去，像你哥哥亞倫歸去一樣。 14 因為在尋的曠野，會眾爭鬧的時候，你們違背了我的命令，沒有在湧水之地，在會眾眼前尊我為聖。”這湧水之地在尋的曠野，就是加低斯的米利巴水。
15 摩西對耶和華說： 16 “願耶和華萬人之靈的 神，立一個人治理會眾， 17 可以在他們面前出入；帶領他們出入，免得耶和華的會眾好像沒有牧人的羊一樣。” 18 耶和華對摩西說：“你要揀選嫩的兒子約書亞，他心裡有聖靈，你要按手在他頭上， 19 叫他站在以利亞撒祭司和全體會眾面前，當他們的面委派他。 20 你要把你的尊榮給他幾分，好叫以色列全體會眾都聽從他。 21 他要站在以利亞撒祭司面前，以利亞撒要藉著烏陵的判斷，在耶和華面前為他求問；他和以色列眾人，就是全體會眾，都要按著以利亞撒的命令出入。” 22 於是，摩西照著耶和華吩咐他的去行；他把約書亞領來，叫他站在以利亞撒祭司和全體會眾面前， 23 按手在他頭上，委派他，是照著耶和華藉摩西吩咐的。
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