1 Então se chegaram os que eram cabeças das casas paternas da família dos filhos de Gileade, filho de Maquir, filho de Manassés, das famílias dos filhos de José, e falaram perante Moisés e perante os príncipes, cabeças das casas paternas dos filhos de Israel;

2 e disseram: Jeová ordenou a meu senhor que por sorte repartisse a terra em herança aos filhos de Israel; e meu senhor recebeu ordem de Jeová de dar a herança de Zelofeade, nosso irmão, a suas filhas.

3 Se elas se casarem com alguns dos filhos das outras tribos dos filhos de Israel, a sua herança será retirada da herança de nossos pais, e acrescentada à herança da tribo a que vierem a pertencer; assim será tirada da sorte da nossa herança.

4 Quando chegar o jubileu dos filhos de Israel, a herança delas será acrescentada à herança da tribo a que pertencerem; assim a sua herança será retirada da herança da tribo de nossos pais.

5 Então Moisés ordenou aos filhos de Israel segundo a palavra de Jeová, dizendo: A tribo dos filhos de José fala o que é justo.

6 Isto é o que Jeová ordena no tocante às filhas de Zelofeade, dizendo: Casem com quem quiserem; contanto que se casem na família da tribo de seu pai.

7 Assim a herança dos filhos de Israel não passará de tribo em tribo, porque os filhos de Israel se apegarão cada um à herança da tribo de seus pais.

8 Todas as filhas, que possuírem herança em qualquer tribo dos filhos de Israel, tomarão maridos da família da tribo de seu pai, para que os filhos de Israel possuam cada um a herança de seus pais.

9 Assim nenhuma herança passará de uma tribo a outra, porque as tribos dos filhos de Israel se apegarão cada uma à sua herança.

10 Como Jeová ordenou a Moisés, assim fizeram as filhas de Zelofeade;

11 pois Maalá, Tirza, Hogla, Milca e Noa, filhas de Zelofeade, se casaram com os filhos dos seus tios paternos.

12 Casaram-se nas famílias dos filhos de Manassés, filho de José, e a sua herança permaneceu na tribo da família de seu pai.

13 Estes são os mandamentos e os juízos, que Jeová, por intermédio de Moisés, ordenou aos filhos de Israel, nas planícies de Moabe junto ao Jordão na altura de Jericó.

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 family

13 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.