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.
Numbers 36
English Standard Version
Marriage of Female Heirs
36 The heads of the fathers' houses of the clan of the (A)people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel. 2 They said, (B)“The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and (C)my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. 3 But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when (D)the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph (E)is right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, (F)only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. 7 The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel (G)shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And (H)every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”
10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses, 11 (I)for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers. 12 They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's clan.
13 These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel (J)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 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.
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