Numbers 36
Good News Translation
The Inheritance of Married Women
36 The heads of the families in the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh son of Joseph, went to Moses and the other leaders. 2 (A)They said, “The Lord commanded you to distribute the land to the people of Israel by drawing lots. He also commanded you to give the property of our relative Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 But remember, if they marry men of another tribe, their property will then belong to that tribe, and the total allotted to us will be reduced. 4 In the Year of Restoration, when all property that has been sold is restored to its original owners, the property of Zelophehad's daughters will be permanently added to the tribe into which they marry and will be lost to our tribe.”
5 So Moses gave the people of Israel the following command from the Lord. He said, “What the tribe of Manasseh says is right, 6 and so the Lord says that the daughters of Zelophehad are free to marry anyone they wish but only within their own tribe. 7 The property of every Israelite will remain attached to his tribe. 8 Every woman who inherits property in an Israelite tribe must marry a man belonging to that tribe. In this way all Israelites will inherit the property of their ancestors, 9 and the property will not pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe will continue to possess its own property.”
10-11 So Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, did as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they married their cousins. 12 They married within the clans of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their property remained in their father's tribe.
13 These are the rules and regulations that the Lord gave the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.
Nombres 36
La Bible du Semeur
La loi sur le patrimoine foncier des familles
36 Les chefs des groupes familiaux des descendants de Galaad, fils de Makir, et petit-fils de Manassé, de la lignée des descendants de Joseph, se présentèrent devant Moïse et devant les chefs des groupes familiaux des Israélites, 2 pour leur dire : L’Eternel a ordonné à mon seigneur d’attribuer la possession du pays aux Israélites en le partageant par tirage au sort. De plus, mon seigneur a reçu de l’Eternel l’ordre de donner le patrimoine foncier de Tselophhad, notre parent, à ses filles[a]. 3 Or, si elles épousent l’un des membres d’une autre tribu d’Israël, leur patrimoine sera retranché de l’héritage de nos ancêtres pour être ajouté à celui de la tribu à laquelle elles appartiendront par leur mariage, de sorte que notre part de patrimoine foncier sera diminuée d’autant. 4 Quand viendra l’année du jubilé[b] pour les Israélites, la part de ces femmes s’ajoutera à celle de la tribu dans laquelle elles seront entrées et, par conséquent, le patrimoine de notre tribu en sera diminué d’autant.
5 Moïse ordonna aux Israélites de la part de l’Eternel : Les gens de la tribu des descendants de Joseph ont raison. 6 Voici ce que l’Eternel ordonne au sujet des filles de Tselophhad : Elles peuvent épouser qui elles voudront, à condition que ce soit un membre d’une famille de la tribu de leurs ancêtres. 7 Ainsi, le patrimoine foncier des Israélites ne passera pas d’une tribu à l’autre et chaque Israélite restera attaché au patrimoine foncier de la tribu de ses ancêtres. 8 Si dans l’une des tribus des Israélites, une fille hérite d’un patrimoine foncier, elle devra épouser un homme d’une famille de la tribu de son père, afin que chaque Israélite conserve intact le patrimoine foncier de ses ancêtres. 9 Aucun patrimoine ne pourra être transféré d’une tribu à une autre, chaque tribu des Israélites restera attachée à son patrimoine foncier.
10 Les filles de Tselophhad firent ce que l’Eternel avait ordonné à Moïse : 11 Mahla, Tirtsa, Hogla, Milka et Noa épousèrent des fils de leurs oncles paternels, 12 donc des hommes appartenant aux familles issues de Manassé, fils de Joseph, de sorte que leur patrimoine foncier resta dans la tribu à laquelle appartenait leur famille paternelle.
13 Tels sont les commandements et les lois que l’Eternel donna aux Israélites par l’intermédiaire de Moïse dans les steppes de Moab, sur la rive du Jourdain, à la hauteur de Jéricho.
Footnotes
- 36.2 Voir Nb 27.1-11.
- 36.4 Voir Lv 25.8-54.
Numbers 36
New International Version
Inheritance of Zelophehad’s Daughters(A)
36 The family heads of the clan of Gilead(B) son of Makir,(C) the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph,(D) came and spoke before Moses and the leaders,(E) the heads of the Israelite families. 2 They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot,(F) he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad(G) to his daughters. 3 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. 4 When the Year of Jubilee(H) 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.”
5 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. 6 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. 7 No inheritance(I) in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors. 8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan,(J) so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors. 9 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(K)—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.(L)
13 These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses(M) to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.(N)
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