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 Joosefista polveutuvan Gileadin, Makirin pojan, Manassen pojanpojan, suvun päämiehet tulivat Mooseksen ja Israelin sukukuntien johtomiesten eteen

3 Mutta jos he menevät naimisiin johonkin muuhun heimoon kuuluvan israelilaisen miehen kanssa, heidän perintöosansa erotetaan meidän sukumme perintömaasta ja liitetään sen heimon perintöosaan, johon he siirtyvät. Se osa otetaan pois meille langenneesta osuudesta.

6 Näin Herra on säätänyt Selofhadin tyttärien asiasta: He voivat avioitua kenen kanssa haluavat, kunhan menevät naimisiin isänsä sukukuntaan kuuluvan miehen kanssa.

7 Israelilaisten maaomaisuus ei saa siirtyä heimolta toiselle, vaan kaikkien on pidettävä kiinni oman heimonsa perintömaista.

8 Sen tähden tulee jokaisen Israelin heimoihin kuuluvan tyttären, joka perii isänsä maat, mennä naimisiin isänsä sukukuntaan kuuluvan miehen kanssa. Näin isien omistamat maat kulkevat perintönä siten,

10 Selofhadin tyttäret noudattivat Herran Moosekselle antamaa käskyä.

11 Mahla, Tirsa, Hogla, Milka ja Noa, Selofhadin tyttäret, menivät naimisiin setiensä poikien kanssa.

12 Heidät otettiin vaimoiksi Joosefin pojan Manassen sukuun, ja näin heille tuleva osuus maasta pysyi heidän isänsä suvulla ja heimolla.

13 Nämä olivat ne käskyt ja säädökset, jotka Herra käski Mooseksen ilmoittaa israelilaisille Moabin tasangolla Jordanin varrella vastapäätä Jerikoa.