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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links and a discussion forum 2014 March 4
Image 1: Two Sisters (On the Terrace) - (1881)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Impressionism Style
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 2: Portrait of Mademoiselle Irene Cahen d'Anvers (1880)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Impressionism Style
Private Collection
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 3: Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano (1897)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Impressionism Style
Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, France
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 4: Famous Persons: Farinata degli Uberti (c. 1450)
Andrea del Castagno (c. 1421 - 1457)
Italian Renaissance Style
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: The first three paintings above represent the five daughters of Zelophehad, showing typical interactions between young women at different times in their lives, with a nod in the second painting to the modern theory of the isolated middle child. I chose the fourth painting to represent Joshua in his role as military commander, which role he retained when he became leader of the whole nation. There is, however, an ironic twist in the selection of this painting. Although the inscription in the painting calls Uberti a liberator (or conqueror) -- a role Joshua had among his people during the wilderness wanderings and during the conquest of the holy land -- yet, Uberti was branded as a heretic for his Epicurean philosophy and practices -- a charge never leveled against Joshua.
Numbers 27 contains the request of the daughters of Zelophehad for an inheritance and the request of Moses for a successor, with Joshua as the LORD's choice. The five daughters of Zelophehad stood before Moses, Eleazar, and the princes of the congregation at the door of the Tabernacle and asked to receive the inheritance of their father since he died without sons (1-4). Moses brought their case before the LORD, and the LORD said that they were right in their cause, so the inheritance should go to them. The LORD then added other inheritance rules for other situations where a man died without sons. The underlying principle of these rules was that the inheritance should go to the nearest of kin, even if the kinship had to be traced to a remote kinsperson (5-11). Afterward, the LORD told Moses to prepare for his upcoming death. In response, Moses asked the LORD to appoint a successor to lead the children of Israel. The LORD chose Joshua, and he was appointed to the task before Moses, Eleazar, and the congregation (12-23).
Numbers 27
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.
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