The Property Zelophehad’s Daughters Will Receive
1The heads of the families of Gilead came to Moses. Gilead was the son of Makir. The family heads were from the tribe of Manasseh. So they were in the family line of Joseph. They spoke to Moses in front of the leaders of the families of Israel. 2They said, “The Lord commanded you to give shares of the land to the Israelites. He told you to cast lots when you do it. At that time the Lord ordered you to give our brother Zelophehad’s share to his daughters. 3Suppose they marry men from other tribes in Israel. Then their share will be taken away from our family’s land. It will be added to the land of the tribe they marry into. So a part of the share given to us will be taken away. 4The Year of Jubilee for the Israelites will come. Then their share will be added to the land of the tribe they marry into. Their land will be taken away from the share given to our tribe.”
5Then the Lord gave a command to Moses. He told Moses to give an order to the Israelites. Moses said, “What the tribe in the family line of Joseph is saying is right. 6Here is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters. They can marry anyone they want to. But they have to marry someone in their own family’s tribe. 7Property in Israel must not pass from one tribe to another. Everyone in Israel must keep their family’s share of their tribe’s land. 8Suppose a daughter in any tribe of Israel receives land from her parents. Then she must marry someone in her father’s family and tribe. In that way, every family’s share will remain in its family line in Israel. 9Property can’t pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe of Israel must keep the land it receives.”
10So Zelophehad’s daughters did just as the Lord commanded Moses. 11The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah. All of them married their cousins on their father’s side. 12They married men in the family line of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. So the land they received remained in their father’s family and tribe.
13These are the commands and rules the Lord gave through Moses. He gave them to the Israelites on the plains of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.
女子继承产业的律例
1基列是约瑟之子玛拿西的孙子，玛吉的儿子。他宗族中的各族长来见摩西和做以色列人首领的各族长，说： 2“耶和华曾吩咐我主用抽签的方式把土地分给以色列人，还吩咐我主将我们兄弟西罗非哈的产业分给他的女儿们。 3但如果她们嫁给其他支派的人，从我们祖业中分给她们的产业就会归入她们夫家的支派。这样的话，我们抽签分到的土地就会减少。 4到了以色列人的禧年，这些女儿的产业就会归给她们丈夫的支派，我们支派的祖业就会失去她们那份产业。”
5摩西照耶和华的话吩咐以色列人说：“约瑟支派的人说的对。 6关于西罗非哈的女儿们，耶和华说她们可以自由嫁人，但必须嫁给本支派的人。 7以色列人的产业不可从一个支派转到另一个支派，各支派必须守住本支派的祖业。 8继承了产业的女子必须嫁给本支派的人，以便以色列人都能守住自己的祖业。 9以色列人的产业不可从一个支派转到另一个支派，各支派必须守住本支派的产业。”
10于是，西罗非哈的女儿们遵行了耶和华对摩西的吩咐。 11玛拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦和挪阿都嫁给了她们叔伯的儿子， 12即约瑟之子玛拿西支派的人。这样，她们的产业仍留在本支派中。
13以上是在耶利哥对面、约旦河边的摩押平原，耶和华借摩西颁布给以色列人的命令和律例。
