Bilingual reading

Then 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 came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons.

Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.”

Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

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.

If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;

because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.

You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”

Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.

وتَقَدَّمَت بَناتُ صَلُفْحادَ بنِ حافَرَ بنِ جِلْعادَ بنِ ماكيرَ بنِ مَنَسَّى، مِن عشائِرِ مَنَسَّى ٱبنِ يوسف. وهٰذه أَسْماءُ بَناتِه: مَحلَة ونَوعَة وحُجلَة ومِلكَة وتِرصَة

فوَقَفنَ أَمامَ موسى وأَلِعازارَ الكاهِنِ والرُّؤَساءِ وسائِرِ الجَماعةِ عِندَ بابِ خَيمةِ المَوعِدِ قائلات

«ماتَ أَبونا في البَرِّيَّة، وهو لم يَكُنْ في جُملةِ الجَماعةِ الَّتي ٱجتَمَعَت على الرَّبّ، أَي مِن جَماعةِ قورَح، لٰكِنَّه بِخَطيئَتِه مات، ولَم يَكُنْ لَه بَنون

فلِماذا يُسقَطُ ٱسمُ أَبينا مِن بَينِ عَشيرتِه، لأَنَّه لَيسَ لَه ٱبنٌ؟ فأَعطِنا مِلْكًا فيما بَينَ أَعْمامِنا»

فرَفَعَ موسى قَضِيَّتَهُنَّ إِلى الرَّبّ

فَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:

«بِالصَّوابِ نَطَقَت بَناتُ صَلُفْحاد، فأَعطِهِنَّ مِلْكَ ميراثٍ فيما بَينَ أَعْمامِهِنَّ، وٱنقُلْ ميراثَ أَبيهِنَّ إِلَيهِنَّ

وكَلِّمْ بَني إِسْرائيلَ وقُلْ لَهم: «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ ماتَ ولَيسَ لَه ٱبنٌ، فٱنقُلوا ميراثَه إِلى ٱبنَتِه

فإِن لم تَكُنْ لَه بِنْتٌ، فأَعْطوا ميراثَه لإِخوتِه

فإِن لم يَكُنْ لَه إِخوَةٌ، فأَعْطوه لأَعْمامِه

فإِن لم يَكُنْ لأَبيه إِخوَةٌ، فأَعْطوه لأَقرَبِ ذَوي قَرابَتِه في عَشيرَتِه، فيَرِثُه. ولْيَكُنْ ذٰلكَ لِبَني إِسْرائيلَ فَريضَةَ حُكمٍ، كَما أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ موسى»

وقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «إِصعَدْ إِلى جَبَلِ العَباريم هٰذا، وٱنظُرْ إِلى الأَرضِ الَّتي أَعطَيتُها لِبَني إِسْرائيل

فإِذا رَأَيتَها ٱنضَمَمتَ إِلى أَجْدادِكَ أَنتَ أَيضًا، كما ٱنضَمَّ هارونُ أَخوكَ

لأَنَّكما عَصَيتُما أَمْري في بَرِّيَّةِ صينَ عند خُصومَةِ الجَماعة، ولَم تُعلِنا قَداسَتي بالمِياهِ على عُيونِهم»، وتِلكَ مياهُ مَريبَةَ قادِشَ في بَرِّيَّةِ صين

فَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

«لِيُوَكِّلِ الرَّبُّ، إِلٰهُ أَرْواحِ كُلِّ بَشَر، رَجُلًا على الجَماعة

يَخرُجُ أَمامَهم ويَدخُلُ أَمامَهم ويُخرِجُهم ويُدخِلُهم، لِئَلَّا تَبْقى جَماعةُ الرَّبِّ كَغَنَمٍ لا راعِيَ لَها»

فقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «خُذْ لَكَ يَشوعَ بنَ نون، فإِنَّه رَجُلٌ فيه رُوح، وضَعْ يَدَكَ علَيه

وأَوقِفْه أَمامَ أَلِعازارَ الكاهِنِ والجَماعةِ كُلِّها، وأَوصِه بِحَضرَتِهم

وٱجعَلْ علَيه مِن مَهابَتِكَ، لِكَي تَسمَعَ لَه جَماعَةُ بَني إِسْرائيلَ كُلُّها

يَقِفُ أَمامَ أَلِعازارَ الكاهِن، فيَطلُبُ لَه قَضاءَ الأُوريم أَمامَ الرَّبّ، فبِأَمرِه يَخرُجون وبِأَمره يَدخُلون، هو وجَميعُ بَني إِسْرائيلَ معَه وكُلُّ الجَماعة»

وفَعَلَ موسى كما أَمَرَه الرَّبّ، فأَخَذَ يَشوعَ وأَوقَفَه أَمامَ أَلِعازارَ الكاهنِ وكُلِّ الجَماعة

ووَضَعَ علَيه يَدَيه وأَوصاه، كما قالَ الرَّبُّ على لِسانِ موسى