Numbers 27
The Message
The Daughters of Zelophehad
27 The daughters of Zelophehad showed up. Their father was the son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Makir son of Manasseh, belonging to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
2-4 They came to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and the congregation and said, “Our father died in the wilderness. He wasn’t part of Korah’s rebel anti-God gang. He died for his own sins. And he left no sons. But why should our father’s name die out from his clan just because he had no sons? So give us an inheritance among our father’s relatives.”
5 Moses brought their case to God.
6-7 God ruled: “Zelophehad’s daughters are right. Give them land as an inheritance among their father’s relatives. Give them their father’s inheritance.
8-11 “Then tell the People of Israel, If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. If he has no daughter, give it to his brothers. If he has no brothers, give it to his father’s brothers. If his father had no brothers, give it to the nearest relative so that the inheritance stays in the family. This is the standard procedure for the People of Israel, as commanded by God through Moses.”
Joshua
12-14 God said to Moses, “Climb up into the Abarim Mountains and look over at the land that I am giving to the People of Israel. When you’ve had a good look you’ll be joined to your ancestors in the grave—yes, you also along with Aaron your brother. This goes back to the day when the congregation quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin and you didn’t honor me in holy reverence before them in the matter of the waters, the Waters of Meribah (Quarreling) at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.”
15-17 Moses responded to God: “Let God, the God of the spirits of everyone living, set a man over this community to lead them, to show the way ahead and bring them back home so God’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
18-21 God said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun—the Spirit is in him!—and place your hand on him. Stand him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire congregation and commission him with everyone watching. Pass your magisterial authority over to him so that the whole congregation of the People of Israel will listen obediently to him. He is to consult with Eleazar the priest who, using the oracle-Urim, will prayerfully advise him in the presence of God. He will command the People of Israel, the entire community, in all their comings and goings.”
22-23 Moses followed God’s orders. He took Joshua and stood him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire community. He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, following the procedures God had given Moses.
Números 27
La Biblia de las Américas
Las hijas de Zelofehad
27 Entonces las hijas de Zelofehad, hijo de Hefer, hijo de Galaad, hijo de Maquir, hijo de Manasés, de las familias de Manasés, hijo de José, se acercaron(A); y estos eran los nombres de sus hijas: Maala, Noa, Hogla, Milca y Tirsa(B). 2 Y se presentaron delante de Moisés, delante del sacerdote Eleazar, delante de los jefes y de toda la congregación, a la entrada de la tienda de reunión, diciendo: 3 Nuestro padre murió en el desierto(C), aunque no estuvo entre el grupo de los que se juntaron contra el Señor, en el grupo de Coré, sino que murió por su pecado, y no tuvo hijos(D). 4 ¿Por qué ha de desaparecer[a] el nombre de nuestro padre de entre su familia solo porque no tuvo hijo? Dadnos herencia[b] entre los hermanos de nuestro padre. 5 Y Moisés presentó su caso ante el Señor(E).
6 Entonces el Señor habló a Moisés, diciendo: 7 Las hijas de Zelofehad tienen razón en lo que dicen[c]. Ciertamente les darás herencia[d] entre los hermanos de su padre, y pasarás a ellas la herencia de su padre(F). 8 Además, hablarás a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: «Si un hombre muere y no tiene hijo, pasaréis su herencia a su hija. 9 Y si no tiene hija, entonces daréis su herencia a sus hermanos. 10 Y si no tiene hermanos, entonces daréis su herencia a los hermanos de su padre. 11 Y si su padre no tiene hermanos, entonces daréis su herencia al pariente más cercano en su familia, y él la poseerá. Y será norma de derecho(G) para los hijos de Israel, tal como el Señor ordenó a Moisés».
Josué ungido sucesor de Moisés
12 (H)Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: Sube a este monte Abarim(I), y mira la tierra que yo he dado a los hijos de Israel. 13 Y cuando la hayas visto, tú también te reunirás a tu pueblo(J), como se reunió tu hermano Aarón(K). 14 Porque cuando os rebelasteis contra mi mandamiento[e] en el desierto de Zin durante la contienda de la congregación, debisteis[f] santificarme en las aguas ante sus ojos(L). (Esas son las aguas de Meriba[g], de Cades, en el desierto de Zin.)
15 Entonces Moisés habló al Señor, diciendo: 16 Ponga el Señor, Dios de los espíritus de toda carne(M), un hombre sobre la congregación, 17 que salga[h] y entre delante de ellos, y que los haga salir y entrar a fin de que la congregación del Señor no sea como ovejas que no tienen pastor(N). 18 Y el Señor dijo a Moisés: Toma a Josué, hijo de Nun, hombre en quien está el Espíritu(O), y pon tu mano sobre él(P); 19 y haz que se ponga delante del sacerdote Eleazar, y delante de toda la congregación, e impártele autoridad a la vista de ellos(Q). 20 Y pondrás sobre él parte de tu dignidad a fin de que le obedezca toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel. 21 Él se presentará delante del sacerdote Eleazar, quien inquirirá por él por medio del juicio del Urim(R) delante del Señor. A su palabra[i] saldrán y a su palabra[j] entrarán, él y todos los hijos de Israel con él, es decir, toda la congregación. 22 Y Moisés hizo tal como el Señor le ordenó: tomó a Josué y lo puso delante del sacerdote Eleazar y delante de toda la congregación. 23 Luego puso sus manos sobre él y le impartió autoridad(S), tal como el Señor había hablado por medio[k] de Moisés.
Footnotes
- Números 27:4 Lit., quitarse
- Números 27:4 O, posesión
- Números 27:7 Lit., en sus palabras
- Números 27:7 Lit., posesión hereditaria
- Números 27:14 Lit., boca
- Números 27:14 Lit., para
- Números 27:14 I.e., contienda
- Números 27:17 Lit., salga delante de ellos
- Números 27:21 Lit., boca
- Números 27:21 Lit., boca
- Números 27:23 Lit., mano
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.
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