Inheritance of Zelophehad’s Daughters
1The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families. 2They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away. 4When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our ancestors.”
5Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right. 6This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan. 7No inheritance in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors. 8Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors. 9No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”
10So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side. 12They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.
13These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan 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但如果她们嫁给以色列其他支派的人，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，她们所得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在以色列各支派中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，以色列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。
