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.
女子繼承產業的律例
1基列是約瑟之子瑪拿西的孫子，瑪吉的兒子。他宗族中的各族長來見摩西和做以色列人首領的各族長，說： 2「耶和華曾吩咐我主用抽籤的方式把土地分給以色列人，還吩咐我主將我們兄弟西羅非哈的產業分給他的女兒們。 3但如果她們嫁給以色列其他支派的人，從我們祖業中分給她們的產業就會歸入她們夫家的支派。這樣的話，我們抽籤分到的土地就會減少。 4到了以色列人的禧年，她們所得的產業就會歸給她們丈夫的支派，我們支派的祖業就會失去她們那份產業。」
5摩西照耶和華的話吩咐以色列人說：「約瑟支派的人說的對。 6關於西羅非哈的女兒們，耶和華說她們可以自由嫁人，但必須嫁給本支派的人。 7以色列人的產業不可從一個支派轉到另一個支派，各支派必須守住本支派的祖業。 8在以色列各支派中繼承了產業的女子必須嫁給本支派的人，以便以色列人都能守住自己的祖業。 9以色列人的產業不可從一個支派轉到另一個支派，以色列各支派必須守住本支派的產業。」
10於是，西羅非哈的女兒們遵行了耶和華對摩西的吩咐。 11瑪拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦和挪阿都嫁給了她們叔伯的兒子， 12即約瑟之子瑪拿西支派的人。這樣，她們的產業仍留在本支派中。
13以上是在耶利哥對面、約旦河邊的摩押平原，耶和華藉摩西頒佈給以色列人的命令和律例。
