1 And the chief fathers of families of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

2 and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

3 Now 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 added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong; and it shall be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall come, then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong; and their inheritance shall be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

6 This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they please; only they shall marry one of the tribe of their father,

7 that no inheritance of the children of Israel pass from tribe to tribe; for every one of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every one the inheritance of his fathers,

9 and the inheritance shall not pass from one tribe to another tribe; for each of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to his inheritance.

10 Even as Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad;

11 and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their uncles' sons.

12 To those that were of the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph were they married; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded through Moses to the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan of Jericho.

1 约瑟后裔的家族中， 有玛拿西的孙子、玛吉的儿子基列的子孙， 他们族中的首领都前来， 在摩西面前， 在各家族作首领的领袖面前， 和在以色列人面前说：

2 "耶和华曾经吩咐我主要凭抽签把地分给以色列人为业； 我主也受了耶和华的吩咐， 要把我们兄弟西罗非哈的产业分给他的众女儿。

3 但是， 如果她们嫁给以色列中别的支派的人， 她们的产业就必从我们祖宗的产业中被取去， 加在他们丈夫支派的产业上； 这样， 我们抽签所得的产业就失去了。

4 到了以色列人的禧年， 她们的产业就要加在她们丈夫支派的产业上； 这样， 她们的产业就要从我们祖宗支派的产业中被拿去了。"

5 摩西照着耶和华的话， 吩咐以色列说： "约瑟支派的人说得对。

6 论到西罗非哈的众女儿， 耶和华吩咐的话是这样： ‘她们可以随意嫁自己喜欢的人， 但是， 只能嫁给同族同支派的人作妻子。

7 这样， 以色列人的产业， 就不会从一个支派转到另一个支派去； 因为以色列人要各自守住自己祖宗支派的产业。

8 从以色列支派中得了产业的女子， 要嫁给自己祖宗支派的人作妻子， 好使以色列人可以各自承受自己祖宗的产业。

9 这样， 以色列人的产业， 就不会从一个支派转到另一个支派去； 因为以色列人的支派要各自守住自己的产业。’"

10 耶和华怎样吩咐摩西， 西罗非哈的众女儿就怎样行。

11 西罗非哈的女儿玛拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦、挪阿， 都嫁给了自己叔伯的儿子作妻子。

12 她们嫁给了约瑟的儿子玛拿西子孙家族的人作妻子； 她们的产业仍然留在自己的支派中。

13 这是耶和华在耶利哥对面， 约旦河边的摩押平原， 借着摩西向以色列人吩咐的命令和典章。