1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.2 And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying:3 Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against Jehovah, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.4 Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.5 And Moses brought their case before Jehovah.6 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right. You shall assign to give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.8 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as Jehovah has commanded Moses.12 And Jehovah said to Moses: Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.14 For in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My mouth to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)15 And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying:16 Let Jehovah the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,17 who shall go out before them and go in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of Jehovah not be like sheep which have no shepherd.18 And Jehovah said to Moses: Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him;19 make him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him before their eyes.20 And you shall ascribe some of your majesty upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before Jehovah for him according to the judgment of the Urim. At his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him; all the congregation.22 So Moses did as Jehovah commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.23 And he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses.

1 Forsothe the douytris of Salphaat, sone of Epher, sone of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses, that was `the sone of Joseph, neiyeden; of whiche douytris these ben the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.2 And thei stoden bifore Moises, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the puple, at the dore of tabernacle of boond of pees; and seiden,3 Oure fadir was deed in the deseert, nether he was in the rebelte, that was reisid ayens the Lord, vndur Chore, but he was deed in his synne; he hadde no male sones. Whi is `the name of hym takun awei fro his meynee, for he hath no sone? Yif ye possessioun to vs among `the kynesmen of oure fadir.4 And Moises telde `the cause of hem to the doom of the Lord;5 which seide to Moyses, The douytris of Salphaath axen a iust thing; yyue thou possessioun to hem among `the kynnysmen of her fadir,6 and be thei successouris to hym in to eritage.7 Forsothe thou schalt speke these thingis to the sons of Israel,8 Whanne a man is deed with out sone, the eritage schal go to his douyter;9 if he hath not a douyter, he schal haue eiris his britheren;10 that and if britheren ben not, ye schulen yyue the eritage to `the britheren of his fadir;11 forsothe if he hath no britheren of his fadir, the eritage schal be youun to hem that ben next to hym. And this schal be hooli, `that is, stidefast, bi euerlastynge lawe to the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.12 Also the Lord seide to Moises, Stie thou in to this hil of Aberym, and biholde thou fro thennus the lond, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel.13 And whanne thou hast seyn it, also thou schalt go to thi puple, as thi brother Aaron yede;14 for thou offenddidist me in the deseert of Syn, in the ayen seiyng of the multitude, nether woldist halewe me bifor it, on the watris. These ben the watris of ayen seiyng, in Cades, of the deseert of Syn.15 To whom Moises answeryde,16 The Lord God of spiritis of al fleisch puruey a man, that be on this multitude,17 and may go out, and entre bifor hem, and lede hem out, and lede hem yn, lest the `puple of the Lord be as scheep with out schepherde.18 And the Lord seide to hym, Take thou Josue, the sone of Nun, a man in whom the spyrit of God is, and set thin hond on hym; and he schal stonde bifore Eleazar,19 preest, and bifore al the multitude.20 And thou schalt yyue to hym comaundementis, in the siyt of alle men, and a part of thi glorie, that al the synagoge of the sones of Israel here hym.21 If ony thing schal be worthi to be do for this man, Eleasar, preest, schal counseil the Lord; he schal go out, and schal go yn, at the word of Eleazar; he, and alle the sones of Israel with him, and the tother multitude.22 Moises dide as the Lord comaundide, and whanne he hadde take Josue, he settide hym bifore Eleazar, preest, and bifore al the multitude of the puple;23 and whanne he hadde set hondis on his heed, he reherside alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide.