1And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 2And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.36.3 whereunto…: Heb. unto whom they shall be 4And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.36.4 whereunto…: Heb. unto whom they shall be
5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.36.6 marry: Heb. be wives 7So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.36.7 keep…: Heb. cleave to the, etc 8And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons: 12And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.36.12 into…: Heb. to some that were of the families 13These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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1Familieoverhovederne i Gileads slægt kom nu til Moses og folkets ledere med et problem. De sagde: 2„Herren har befalet dig at lade Israels folk fordele landet ved lodtrækning, og du har givet os besked på at overdrage vores slægtning Zelofhads jord til hans døtre. 3Men hvis de nu gifter sig med mænd fra en anden stamme, vil deres jordstykke tilfalde den stamme, og vores område vil i så fald blive formindsket, 4uden at vi kan gøre os håb om at få den mistede jord tilbage i det førstkommende jubelår.”
5Derfor bekendtgjorde Moses på Herrens befaling følgende ordning for kvinders arvelod: „Disse mænd fra Manasses stamme har ret. 6Derfor siger Herren, at Zelofhads døtre kun må gifte sig inden for deres egen stamme. 7Derved undgår vi, at deres jordstykke kommer på andre stammers hænder, hvilket ville være forkert, for der må ikke overdrages jord fra en stamme til en anden. 8-9Enhver arveberettiget kvinde skal derfor gifte sig inden for sin egen stamme, så hendes arvelod forbliver på stammens hænder.”
10-12Zelofhads døtre, som hed Mala, Tirtza, Hogla, Milka og Noa, gjorde, som Herren havde befalet Moses. De giftede sig med mænd fra deres egen stamme, Manasses stamme. På den måde forblev deres jord på stammens hænder.
13Alle disse bud og forskrifter gav Herren til Israels folk gennem Moses, mens de lå i lejr på Moabs sletter ved Jordanfloden over for Jeriko.
