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36 Or i capi-famiglia dei figli di Galaad, figlio di Makiel, figlio di Manasse, delle famiglie dei figli di Giuseppe, si fecero avanti a parlare davanti a Mosè e davanti ai principi, i capi-famiglia dei figli d'Israele,

e dissero: «L'Eterno ha ordinato al mio signore di dare il paese in eredità per sorte ai figli d'Israele; e il mio signore ha pure ricevuto l'ordine dall'Eterno di dare l'eredità di nostro fratello Tselofehad alle sue figlie.

Se esse si maritano a uno dei figli delle altre tribú dei figli d'Israele, la loro eredità sarà sottratta dall'eredità dei nostri padri e aggiunta all'eredità della tribú nella quale esse entreranno a far parte; così sarà sottratta dall'eredità che ci è toccata in sorte.

Quando poi verrà il giubileo dei figli d'Israele, la loro eredità sarà aggiunta all'eredità della tribú a cui ora appartengono; così la loro eredità sarà sottratta dalla eredità della tribú dei nostri padri».

Allora Mosè comandò ai figli d'Israele secondo la parola ricevuta dall'Eterno, dicendo: «La tribú dei figli di Giuseppe dice bene.

Questo è ciò che l'Eterno comanda riguardo alle figlie di Tselofehad dicendo: "Esse possono maritarsi a chi par loro bene, purché si maritino in una famiglia della tribú dei loro padri".

Così l'eredità dei figli d'Israele non passerà da una tribú all'altra, perché ciascuno dei figli d'Israele rimarrà attaccato all'eredità della tribú dei suoi padri.

E ogni fanciulla che possiede un'eredità in una delle tribú dei figli d'Israele, si mariterà ad uno ce appartenga a una famiglia della tribú di suo padre; così ognuno dei figli d'Israele rimarrà in possesso dell'eredità dei suoi padri.

In questo modo nessuna eredità passerà da una tribú all'altra, ma ognuna delle tribú dei figli d'Israele rimarrà legata alla propria eredità».

10 Le figlie di Tselofehad fecero ciò che l'Eterno aveva comandato a Mosè.

11 Mahlah, Thirtsah, Hoglah, Milkah e Noah, figlie di Tselofehad, si maritarono con i figli dei loro zii;

12 si maritarono nelle famiglie dei figli di Manasse, figlio di Giuseppe, e la loro eredità rimase nella tribú della famiglia di loro padre.

13 Tali sono i comandamenti e i decreti che l'Eterno diede ai figli d'Israele per mezzo di Mosè nelle pianure di Moab presso il Giordano, sulla sponda opposta a Gerico.

Inheritance for Zelophehad’s Daughters

36 The leading fathers of the clan of the descendants of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached Moses and spoke to Moses and the tribal chiefs, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel. They said, “The Lord commanded my lord to assign the land for the Israelites’ inheritance by lot. My lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. Now, if they marry any of the men from the other Israelite tribes, then their inheritance would be taken away from our ancestral inheritance and would be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they married. So part of our allotted inheritance would be taken away. When the Jubilee occurs for the Israelites, that inheritance would be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they married. Therefore that inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”

Then at the Lord’s word, Moses commanded the Israelites, “What the tribe of Joseph’s descendants is saying is right. This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may be married to whomever they wish, but they are to be married within the clan of their father’s tribe. In that way no inheritance for the Israelites will transfer from tribe to tribe, for each of the Israelites is to keep the inheritance of his ancestral tribe. Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any of the Israelite tribes is to be married to someone from the clan of her father’s tribe, so that each of the Israelites will retain possession of the inheritance of his fathers. So no inheritance will transfer from one tribe to another tribe, for each of the Israelite tribes will keep its own inheritance.”

10 So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah—were married to cousins on their father’s side. 12 They were married to men from the clans of the descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

13 These are the commands and the ordinances which the Lord commanded through Moses for the Israelites on the Plains of Moab near the Jordan across from Jericho.

Inheritance of Zelophehad’s daughters

36 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families. They said, ‘When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away. When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our ancestors.’

Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: ‘What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right. This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: they may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan. No inheritance in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors. Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors. No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.’

10 So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 Zelophehad’s daughters – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah – married their cousins on their father’s side. 12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.

13 These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.