1 And the chief fathers 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 near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And 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 put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance 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 the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons: 12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near 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。