1 Os chefes de família dos grupos de famílias de Gileade, descendentes diretos de Maquir, Manassés e José, foram falar com Moisés e com os outros chefes de famílias israelitas. Eles disseram a Moisés:

2 — O Senhor Deus ordenou que o senhor distribuísse a terra ao povo por sorteio. Ele também ordenou que o senhor desse a propriedade do nosso parente Zelofeade às suas filhas. 3 Porém, se elas casarem com homens de outra tribo israelita, a terra que foi dada a elas deixará de pertencer à nossa tribo e passará a ser da tribo daqueles com quem elas casarem. Assim irá diminuindo a parte que nos foi dada por sorteio. 4 Porém, quando chegar o Ano da Libertação, a terra delas ficará definitivamente para a tribo daqueles com quem elas casaram e não será mais nossa.

5 Então Moisés, conforme a ordem do Senhor, respondeu aos israelitas o seguinte:

— Os homens da tribo de José têm razão. A ordem do Senhor para as filhas de Zelofeade é esta: 6 Elas podem casar com quem quiserem, contanto que seja com um homem de uma das famílias da tribo do seu pai. 7 Desse modo as terras dos israelitas não passarão de uma tribo para outra. Pois os israelitas devem ficar ligados cada um à terra da tribo dos seus pais. 8 Todas as moças que tiverem terras numa tribo israelita deverão casar com alguém da família da tribo do seu pai. 9 Desse modo cada israelita herdará a terra dos seus antepassados, e ela não passará de uma tribo para outra. Cada tribo continuará ligada à sua própria terra.

10,11 Então Macla, Tirza, Hogla, Milca e Noa, filhas de Zelofeade, fizeram como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés e casaram com filhos dos seus tios paternos. 12 Elas casaram dentro dos grupos de famílias da tribo de Manassés, filho de José, e as suas terras ficaram na tribo do pai delas.

13 Foram essas as leis e os mandamentos que o Senhor deu ao povo de Israel por meio de Moisés nas planícies de Moabe, perto do rio Jordão, na altura de Jericó, que ficava no outro lado do rio.

1 Now the heads 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 to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,2 And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.3 Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.4 And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.5 So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.6 This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.7 And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.8 And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.9 And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:12 And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family13 These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.