Numbers 36
New American Standard Bible 1995
Inheritance by Marriage
36 (A)And 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 near 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 Zelophehad our brother 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daughters. 3 But if they [a]marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. 4 When the (C)jubilee of the sons of Israel [b]comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”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 according to the [c]word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements. 6 (D)This is [d]what the Lord has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry [e]whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’ 7 Thus (E)no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall [f]be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each [g]hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 (F)Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Thus no inheritance shall [h]be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each [i]hold to his 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 [j]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, in this ch
- Numbers 36:4 Lit shall be
- Numbers 36:5 Lit mouth
- Numbers 36:6 Lit the thing which
- Numbers 36:6 Lit to the good one in their eyes
- Numbers 36:7 Lit turn about
- Numbers 36:7 Lit cleave
- Numbers 36:9 Lit turn about
- Numbers 36:9 Lit cleave
- Numbers 36:12 Lit was
Números 36
Dios Habla Hoy
Herencia de las mujeres
36 Los jefes de familia de los clanes de Galaad, descendiente directo de Maquir, Manasés y José, fueron a ver a Moisés y a los jefes de familia israelitas, y les dijeron:
2 —El Señor ordenó que tú, Moisés, repartieras por suertes entre los israelitas el territorio que le ha de tocar a cada uno, y también te ordenó que la parte que correspondía a Selofhad, que era de nuestra familia, se la dieras a sus hijas. 3 Pero si ellas se casan con hombres de otra tribu israelita, la tierra que les tocó a ellas dejará de pertenecer a nuestra tribu y pasará a ser de la tribu de aquellos con quienes ellas se casen. Así se nos irá quitando parte de lo que nos tocó en suerte. 4 Luego, cuando llegue el año de liberación en Israel, la tierra de ellas pasará a ser definitivamente de aquella otra tribu y dejará de pertenecer a la nuestra.
5 Entonces Moisés, según las instrucciones que le dio el Señor, ordenó lo siguiente a los israelitas:
—Los hombres de la tribu de José tienen razón. 6 El Señor permitirá que las hijas de Selofhad se casen con quien quieran, con tal de que sea alguien de un clan de la tribu a la que ellas pertenecen por parte de padre. 7 La tierra que a cada uno en Israel le ha tocado no debe pasar de una tribu a otra; todo israelita debe conservar su herencia en su propia tribu. 8 Si una mujer de cualquier tribu hereda tierras, deberá casarse con un hombre de un clan de su misma tribu. Así cada israelita conservará la herencia recibida de sus padres. 9 Ninguna herencia debe pasar de una tribu a otra. Cada tribu de Israel debe conservar el territorio que le tocó.
10-11 Entonces Mahlá, Tirsá, Hoglá, Milcá y Noá, hijas de Selofhad, hicieron lo que el Señor le había ordenado a Moisés, y se casaron con hijos de sus tíos paternos, 12 que eran descendientes de Manasés, hijo de José. Así su herencia quedó dentro de la tribu a la que pertenecía su padre.
13 Éstas fueron las órdenes y normas que el Señor dio a los israelitas por medio de Moisés en las llanuras de Moab, junto al Jordán, frente a Jericó.
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