गिनती 27

1 तब यूसुफ के पुत्र मनश्शे के वंश के कुलों में से सलोफाद, जो हेपेर का पुत्र, और गिलाद का पोता, और मनश्शे के पुत्र माकीर का पर पोता था, उसकी बेटियां जिनके नाम महला, नोवा, होग्ला, मिलका, और तिर्सा हैं वे पास आईं।

2 और वे मूसा और एलीआजर याजक और प्रधानों और सारी मण्डली के साम्हने मिलापवाले तम्बू के द्वार पर खड़ी हो कर कहने लगीं,

3 हमारा पिता जंगल में मर गया; परन्तु वह उस मण्डली में का न था जो कोरह की मण्डली के संग हो कर यहोवा के विरुद्ध इकट्ठी हुई थी, वह अपने ही पाप के कारण मरा; और उसके कोई पुत्र न था।

4 तो हमारे पिता का नाम उसके कुल में से पुत्र न होने के कारण क्यों मिट जाए? हमारे चाचाओं के बीच हमें भी कुछ भूमि निज भाग करके दे।

5 उनकी यह बिनती मूसा ने यहोवा को सुनाईं।

6 यहोवा ने मूसा से कहा,

7 सलोफाद की बेटियां ठीक कहती हैं; इसलिये तू उनके चाचाओं के बीच उन को भी अवश्य ही कुछ भूमि निज भाग करके दे, अर्थात उनके पिता का भाग उनके हाथ सौंप दे।

8 और इस्त्राएलियों से यह कह, कि यदि कोई मनुष्य निपुत्र मर जाए, तो उसका भाग उसकी बेटी के हाथ सौंपना।

9 और यदि उसके कोई बेटी भी न हो, तो उसका भाग उसके भाइयों को देना।

10 और यदि उसके भाई भी न हों, तो उसका भाग चाचाओं को देना।

11 और यदि उसके चाचा भी न हों, तो उसके कुल में से उसका जो कुटुम्बी सब से समीप हो उसको उसका भाग देना, कि वह उसका अधिकारी हो। इस्त्राएलियों के लिये यह न्याय की विधि ठहरेगी, जैसे कि यहोवा ने मूसा को आज्ञा दी॥

12 फिर यहोवा ने मूसा से कहा, इस अबारीम नाम पर्वत के ऊपर चढ़ के उस देश को देख ले जिसे मैं ने इस्त्राएलियों को दिया है।

13 और जब तू उसको देख लेगा, तब अपने भाई हारून की नाईं तू भी अपने लोगों में जा मिलेगा,

14 क्योंकि सीन नाम जंगल में तुम दोनों ने मण्डली के झगड़ने के समय मेरी आज्ञा को तोड़कर मुझ से बलवा किया, और मुझे सोते के पास उनकी दृष्टि में पवित्र नहीं ठहराया। ( यह मरीबा नाम सोता है जो सीन नाम जंगल के कादेश में है )

15 मूसा ने यहोवा से कहा,

16 यहोवा, जो सारे प्राणियों की आत्माओं का परमेश्वर है, वह इस मण्डली के लोगों के ऊपर किसी पुरूष को नियुक्त कर दे,

17 जो उसके साम्हने आया जाया करे, और उनका निकालने और पैठानेवाला हो; जिस से यहोवा की मण्डली बिना चरवाहे की भेड़ बकरियों के समान न रहे।

18 यहोवा ने मूसा से कहा, तू नून के पुत्र यहोशू को ले कर उस पर हाथ रख; वह तो ऐसा पुरूष है जिस में मेरा आत्मा बसा है;

19 और उसको एलीआजर याजक के और सारी मण्डली के साम्हने खड़ा करके उनके साम्हने उसे आज्ञा दे।

20 और अपनी महिमा में से कुछ उसे दे, जिस से इस्त्राएलियों की सारी मण्डली उसकी माना करे।

21 और वह एलीआजर याजक के साम्हने खड़ा हुआ करे, और एलीआजर उसके लिये यहोवा से ऊरीम की आज्ञा पूछा करे; और वह इस्त्राएलियों की सारी मण्डली समेत उसके कहने से जाया करे, और उसी के कहने से लौट भी आया करे।

22 यहोवा की इस आज्ञा के अनुसार मूसा ने यहोशू को ले कर, एलीआजर याजक और सारी मण्डली के साम्हने खड़ा करके,

23 उस पर हाथ रखे, और उसको आज्ञा दी जैसे कि यहोवा ने मूसा के द्वारा कहा था॥

1 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.

1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.

7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,

9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.

14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.

16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?

20 And when Moses heard that, he was content.