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1 Tada dođoše kćeri Salpada, sina Ofera sina Galada sina Mahira sina Manasijinog, od plemena Manasije sina Josifovog, a imena im behu Mala, Nuja, Egla, Melha i Tersa.

2 I stadoše pred Mojsija i pred Eleazara sveštenika i pred knezove i sav zbor na vratima šatora od sastanka, i rekoše:

3 Otac naš umre u pustinji, ali ne beše u društvu s onima koji se pobuniše na Gospoda u buni Korejevoj, nego umre od greha svog, a ne ostavi sinove.

4 Zašto da se istrebi ime oca našeg iz porodice njegove zato što nije imao sina? Daj nam nasledstvo među braćom oca našeg.

5 I iznese Mojsije stvar njihovu pred Gospoda.

6 A Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

7 Pravo govore, kćeri Salpadove; podaj im pravo da imaju nasledstvo među braćom oca svog, i prinesi nasledstvo oca njihovog na njih.

8 A sinovima Izrailjevim kaži i reci: Kad ko umre, a nema sina, onda prenesite nasledstvo njegovo na kćer njegovu;

9 Ako li ni kćeri nema, onda podajte nasledstvo njegovo braći njegovoj;

10 Ako li ni braće nema, onda podajte nasledstvo njegovo braći oca njegovog;

11 Ako li nema ni braću očevu, onda podajte nasledstvo njegovo onome ko mu je najbliži u rodu njegovom, i neka je njegovo. I to neka bude sinovima Izrailjevim zakon za suđenje, kako zapovedi Gospod Mojsiju.

12 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju: Iziđi na goru ovu avarimsku, i vidi zemlju koju sam dao sinovima Izrailjevim.

13 I kad je vidiš, pribraćeš se k rodu svom i ti, kao što se pribrao Aron, brat tvoj.

14 Jer ne poslušaste reči moje u pustinji Sinu u svađi narodnoj, kad je trebalo da me proslavite na vodi pred očima njihovim. To je voda od svađe u Kadisu u pustinji Sinu.

15 I reče Mojsije Gospodu govoreći:

16 Gospode Bože duhovima i svakom telu, postavi čoveka nad ovim zborom,

17 Koji će izlaziti pred njima i koji će dolaziti pred njima, koji će ih izvoditi i opet dovoditi, da ne bi bio zbor Gospodnji kao ovce koje nemaju pastira.

18 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Uzmi k sebi Isusa sina Navinog, čoveka u kome je duh moj, i metni ruku svoju na nj,

19 I izvedi ga pred Eleazara sveštenika i pred sav zbor, i podaj mu zapovesti pred njima.

20 I podaj mu od slave svoje, da ga sluša sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih.

21 I neka staje pred Eleazara sveštenika da ga pita za sud Urim pred Gospodom; po zapovesti Njegovoj neka polaze i po zapovesti Njegovoj neka dolaze on i svi sinovi Izrailjevi s njim i sav zbor.

22 I učini Mojsije kako mu zapovedi Gospod; i uzevši Isusa postavi ga pred Eleazara sveštenika i pred sav zbor.

23 I metnu ruke svoje na nj, i dade mu zapovesti, kako beše zapovedio Gospod preko Mojsija.

   

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Jacob or Israel (the man)

  

Jacob is told twice that his name will now be Israel. The first time is when he wrestles with an angel on his journey to meet Esau, and the angel tells him that his name will be changed. After he is reconciled with Esau, they go their separate ways. Jacob moves to Shechem and then on to Bethel, where he builds an altar to the Lord. The Lord appears to him there, renews the covenant He first made with Abraham and again tells him that his name will be Israel (Genesis 35). The story goes on to tell of Benjamin's birth and Rachel's death in bearing him, and then of Jacob's return to Isaac and Isaac's death and burial. But at that point the main thread of the story leaves Israel and turns to Joseph, and Israel is hardly mentioned until after Joseph has risen to power in Egypt, has revealed himself to his brothers and tells them to bring all of their father's household down to Egypt. There, before Israel dies, he blesses Joseph's sons, plus all his own sons. After his death he is returned to the land of Canaan for burial in Abraham's tomb. In the story of Jacob and Esau, Jacob represents truth, and Esau good. Jacob's stay in Padan-Aram, and the wealth he acquired there, represent learning the truths of scripture, just as we learn when we read the Ten Commandments or the Sermon on the Mount. The change of name from Jacob to Israel represents the realization that what we learn should not simply be knowledge, but should be the rules of our life, to be followed by action. This action is the good that Esau has represented in the story up to that time, but after the reconciliation between Jacob and Esau, Jacob as Israel now represents the truth and the good, together. It is interesting that even after his name change Jacob is rarely called Israel. Sometimes he is called one and sometimes the other, and sometimes he is called both Jacob and Israel in the same verse (Genesis 46:2, 5, & 8 also Psalm 14:7). This is because Jacob represents the external person and Israel the internal person, and even after the internal person comes into being, we spend much of our lives living on the external level.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4274, 4292, 4570, 5595, 6225, 6256, Genesis 2:5, 46:8)