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
New American Standard Bible
Inheritance by Marriage
36 (A)Now the heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came forward and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, 2 and they said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord (B)was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 But if they [a]marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. 4 And when the (C)jubilee of the sons of Israel takes place, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel in accordance with the [b]word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph is right in its statements. 6 (D)This is [c]what the Lord has commanded regarding the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry [d]whomever they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’ 7 So (E)no inheritance of the sons of Israel will [e]be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each [f]retain possession of the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 (F)And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 So no inheritance will [g]be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each [h]retain possession of its own inheritance.”
10 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: 11 (G)Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles’ sons. 12 They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance [i]remained with the tribe of the family of their father.
13 (H)These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
Footnotes
- Numbers 36:3 Lit become wives to, and so throughout the ch
- Numbers 36:5 Lit mouth
- Numbers 36:6 Lit the word which
- Numbers 36:6 Lit the good one in their eyes
- Numbers 36:7 Lit turn about
- Numbers 36:7 Lit cling to
- Numbers 36:9 Lit turn about
- Numbers 36:9 Lit cling to
- Numbers 36:12 Lit was to the
4 Mosebok 36
Svenska 1917
36 Och huvudmännen för familjerna i Gileads barns släkt -- Gileads, som var son till Makir, Manasses son, av Josefs barns släkter -- trädde fram och talade inför Mose och de hövdingar som voro huvudmän för Israels barns familjer.
2 De sade: »HERREN har bjudit min herre att genom lottkastning göra landet såsom arvedel åt Israels barn och HERREN har vidare bjudit min herre att giva Selofhads, vår broders, arvedel åt hans döttrar.
3 Men om nu dessa bliva gifta med någon ur Israels barns andra stammar, så tages deras arvedel bort ifrån våra fäders arvedel, under det att den stam de komma att tillhöra får sin arvedel ökad; på detta sätt bliver en del av vår arvslott oss fråntagen.
4 När sedan jubelåret inträder för Israels barn, bliver deras arvedel lagd till den stams arvedel, som de komma att tillhöra, men från vår fädernestams arvedel tages deras arvedel bort.»
5 Då bjöd Mose Israels barn, efter HERRENS befallning, och sade: »Josefs barns stam har talat rätt.
6 Detta är vad HERREN bjuder angående Selofhads döttrar; han säger: De må gifta sig med vem de finna för gott, allenast de gifta sig inom en släkt som hör till deras egen fädernestam.
7 Ty en arvedel som tillhör någon, av Israels barn må icke gå över från en stam till en annan, utan Israels barn skola behålla kvar var och en sin fädernestams arvedel.
8 Och när en kvinna som inom någon av Israels barns stammar har kommit i besittning av en arvedel gifter sig, skall det vara med en man av någon släkt som hör till hennes egen fädernestam, så att Israels barn förbliva i besittning var och en av sina fäders arvedel.
9 Ty ingen arvedel må gå över från en stam till en annan, utan Israels barns stammar skola behålla kvar var och en sin arvedel.»
10 Selofhads döttrar gjorde såsom HERREN hade bjudit Mose.
11 Mahela, Tirsa, Hogla, Milka och Noa, Selofhads döttrar, gifte sig med sina farbröders söner.
12 De blevo alltså gifta inom Manasses, Josefs sons, barns släkter, och deras arvedel stannade så kvar inom deras fädernesläkts stam.
13 Dessa äro de bud och rätter som HERREN genom Mose gav Israels barn, på Moabs hedar, vid Jordan mitt emot Jeriko.
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