Numbers 36
New English Translation
Women and Land Inheritance
36 Then the heads of the family groups[a] of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses[b] and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families.[c] 2 They said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give[d] the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 Now if they should be married to one of the men[e] from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry.[f] As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place,[g] their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”[h]
Moses’ Decision
5 Then Moses gave a ruling[i] to the Israelites by the word[j] of the Lord: “What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right. 6 This is what[k] the Lord has commanded for Zelophehad’s daughters: ‘Let them marry[l] whomever they think best,[m] only they must marry within the family of their father’s tribe. 7 In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred[n] from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage. 8 And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite[o] may retain the inheritance of his fathers. 9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.’”
10 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did. 11 For the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah—were married to the sons of their uncles.[p] 12 They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s family.
13 These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority[q] of Moses, in the rift valley plains[r] by Moab along the Jordan River[s] opposite Jericho.
Footnotes
- Numbers 36:1 tn The expression is “the heads of the fathers by the family of the Gileadites.”
- Numbers 36:1 tn The Greek and the Syriac add “and before Eleazar the priest.”
- Numbers 36:1 tn Heb “heads of the fathers.”
- Numbers 36:2 tn The infinitive construct “to give” serves here as the complement or object of the verb, answering what the Lord had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 36:3 tn “Men” is understood; it says “to one from the sons of the tribes of the Israelites for a wife,” or if he has her for a wife.
- Numbers 36:3 tn Heb “which they will be to them,” meaning, to those who have them, i.e., the marriages.
- Numbers 36:4 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is most often translated “to be,” but it can also mean “to happen, to take place, to come to pass,” etc.
- Numbers 36:4 tn Heb “the tribe of our fathers.”
- Numbers 36:5 tn Heb “commanded.”
- Numbers 36:5 tn Heb “mouth.”
- Numbers 36:6 tn Heb “the word that.”
- Numbers 36:6 tn The idiom again is “let them be for wives for….”
- Numbers 36:6 tn Heb “to the one who is good in their eyes.”
- Numbers 36:7 tn Heb “turned aside.”
- Numbers 36:8 tn The subject is “Israelites” and the verb is plural to agree with it, but the idea is collective as the word for “man” indicates: “so that the Israelites may possess—[each] man the inheritance of his fathers.”
- Numbers 36:11 tn They married in the family as they were instructed. But the meaning of דּוֹד (dod) is not necessarily restricted to “uncle.”
- Numbers 36:13 tn Heb “by the hand.”
- Numbers 36:13 sn This is the area of the rift valley basin to the north of the Dead Sea and east of the Jordan. See the note at Num 21:1.
- Numbers 36:13 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
Numbers 36
New King James Version
Marriage of Female Heirs
36 Now the chief fathers of the families of the (A)children of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and (B)spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel. 2 And they said: (C)“The Lord commanded my lord Moses to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and (D)my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 Now if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be (E)taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when (F)the Jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: (G)“What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them [a]marry whom they think best, (H)but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’ 7 So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall (I)keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And (J)every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be the wife of one of the family of her father’s tribe, so that the children of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Thus no inheritance shall change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep its own inheritance.”
10 Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad; 11 (K)for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father’s brothers. 12 They were married into the families of the children of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s family.
13 These are the commandments and the judgments which the Lord commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses (L)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Footnotes
- Numbers 36:6 Lit. be wives to
Numbers 36
King James Version
36 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 fathers 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.
Bilang 36
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang mga Babaeng Anak ni Zelofehad na Nakatanggap ng Lupain
36 Pumunta kay Moises at sa mga pinuno ng Israel ang pamilya ni Gilead na anak ni Makir at apo ni Manase, na anak ni Jose, 2 at sinabi, “Ginoo, nang nag-utos sa inyo ang Panginoon na hatiin ang lupa bilang mana ng mga Israelita sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan; nag-utos din siya na ibigay ang bahagi ng aming kapatid na si Zelofehad sa mga anak niyang babae. 3 Pero halimbawang nag-asawa po sila galing sa ibang lahi at dahil ditoʼy napunta ang kanilang lupain sa lahi ng kanilang napangasawa, hindi baʼt mapupunta na ang bahagi ng aming lahi sa iba? 4 Pagsapit ng Taon ng Pagpapalaya at Pagsasauli, ang kanilang lupa ay mapupunta sa lahi kung saan sila nakapag-asawa, at mawawala na ito sa lahi ng aming mga ninuno.”
5 Kaya ayon sa utos ng Panginoon, sinabi ni Moises sa mga Israelita, “Tama ang sinabi ng angkan ng mga salinlahi ni Jose. 6 Kaya ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa mga anak na babae ni Zelofehad: Malaya silang makakapag-asawa sa kung sinong kanilang magugustuhan basta manggagaling lang sa lahi nila. 7 Ang lupang mamanahin ng bawat lahi ay hindi maaaring mapunta sa ibang lahi dahil kailangang manatili sa bawat lahi ang lupa na kanilang namana sa kanilang mga ninuno. 8 Ang lahat ng babaeng nakamana ng lupa sa kahit saang lahi ay kailangang mag-asawa ng mula sa kanilang lahi para hindi mawala sa bawat Israelita ang lupang namana niya sa kanyang mga ninuno. 9 Ang lupang namana ng bawat lahi ay hindi maaaring mapunta sa ibang lahi, dahil kailangang manatili sa bawat lahi ang lupa na kanilang namana.”
10 Kaya sinunod ng mga anak na babae ni Zelofehad ang sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Moises. 11 Ang mga anak na babae ni Zelofehad ay sina Mahlah, Tirza, Hogla, Milca, at Noe. At ang kanilang napangasawa ay ang kanilang mga pinsan sa ama, 12 na mga lahi ni Manase na anak ni Jose. Kaya ang lupain na kanilang namana ay nanatili sa sambahayan at angkan ng kanilang ama.
13 Ganito ang mga utos at tuntunin na ibinigay ng Panginoon sa mga Israelita sa pamamagitan ni Moises habang naroon sila sa kapatagan ng Moab sa tabi ng Jordan malapit sa Jerico.
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