1
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,
d'[.lig -yen.B t;x;P.vim.l tw{b'a'h yeva'r .Wb.r.qiY;w ? @esw{y yen.B t{x.P.viMim h,V;n.m -n,B ryik'm -n,B ? yeva'r ~yiaif.N;h yen.pil.w h,v{m yen.pil .Wr.B;d.y;w ? lea'r.fIy yen.bil tw{b'a
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 was
commanded by the
LORD to
give the
inheritance of
Zelophehad our
brother to his
daughters.
#,r'a'h -t,a tet'l h'wh.y h\Wic yin{d]a -t,a .Wr.ma{Y;w ? h\WUc yin{da;w lea'r.fIy yen.bil l'rw{g.B h'l]x;n.B ? .Wnyix'a d'x.p'l.c t;l]x;n -t,a tet'l h'why;b ? wy't{n.bil
3
"But if they
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withdrawn from the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withdrawn from our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.
lea'r.fIy -yen.b yej.biv yen.Bim d'x,a.l .Wy'h.w ? .Wnyet{b]a t;l]x;Nim !'t'l]x;n h'[.r.gin.w ~yiv'n.l ? ~,h'l h'ny,y.hiT r,v]a h,J;M;h t;l]x;n l;[ @;sw{n.w ? ;[er'GIy .Wnet'l]x;n l;r{Gim.W
4
"When the
jubilee of the
sons of
Israel 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withdrawn from the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."
h'p.sw{n.w lea'r.fIy yen.bil leb{Y;h h,y.hIy -mia.w ? ~,h'l h'ny,y.hiT r,v]a h,J;M;h t;l]x;n l;[ !'t'l]x;n ? !'t'l]x;n [;r'GIy .Wnyet{b]a heJ;m t;l]x;Nim.W
5
Then
Moses commanded the
sons of
Israel according to the
word of the
LORD,
saying, "The
tribe of the
sons of
Joseph are
right in their
statements.
h'wh.y yiP -l;[ lea'r.fIy yen.B -t,a h,v{m w;c.y;w ? ~yir.b{D @esw{y -yen.b heJ;m !eK r{mael
6
"This is
what * the
LORD has
commanded concerning the
daughters of
Zelophehad,
saying, 'Let them
marry * whom they
wish *;
only they must
marry * within the
family of the
tribe of their
father.'
d'x.p'l.c tw{n.bil h'wh.y h\Wic -r,v]a r'b'D;h h,z ? ~yiv'n.l h'ny,y.hiT ~,hyenye[.B bw{J;l r{mael ? ~yiv'n.l h'ny,y.hiT ~,hyib]a heJ;m t;x;P.vim.l .$;a
7
"Thus
no inheritance of the
sons of
Israel shall be
transferred from
tribe to
tribe, for the
sons of
Israel shall
each hold to the
inheritance of the
tribe of his
fathers.
h,J;m -l,a h,J;Mim lea'r.fIy yen.bil h'l]x;n b{Sit -a{l.w ? yen.B .Wq.B.dIy wy't{b]a heJ;m t;l]x;n.B vyia yiK ? lea'r.fIy
8
"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.
lea'r.fIy yen.B tw{J;Mim h'l]x;n t,v,r{y t;B -l'k.w ? h'Via.l h,y.hiT 'hyib'a heJ;m t;x;P.viMim d'x,a.l ? wy't{b]a t;l]x;n vyia lea'r.fIy yen.B .Wv.ryIy !;[;m.l
9
"Thus
no inheritance shall be
transferred from one
tribe to
another tribe, for the
tribes of the
sons of
Israel shall
each hold to his own
inheritance."
vyia -yiK rex;a h,J;m.l h,J;Mim h'l]x;n b{Sit -a{l.w ? lea'r.fIy yen.B tw{J;m .Wq.B.dIy w{t'l]x;n.B
10
Just as the
LORD had
commanded Moses,
so the
daughters of
Zelophehad did:
tw{n.B .Wf'[ !eK h,v{m -t,a h'wh.y h\Wic r,v]a;K ? d'x.p'l.c
11
Mahlah,
Tirzah,
Hoglah,
Milcah and
Noah, the
daughters of
Zelophehad married their
uncles' sons.
h'[{n.w h'K.lim.W h'l.g'x.w h'c.rit h'l.x;m h'ny,y.hiT;w ? ~yiv'n.l !,hyed{d yen.bil d'x.p'l.c tw{n.B
12
They
married those from the
families of the
sons of
Manasseh the
son of
Joseph, and their
inheritance remained with the
tribe of the
family of their
father.
~yiv'n.l .Wy'h @esw{y -n,b h,V;n.m -yen.B t{x.P.viMim ? !,hyib]a t;x;P.vim heJ;m -l;[ !'t'l]x;n yih.T;w
13
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.
h'wh.y h\Wic r,v]a ~yij'P.viM;h.w t{w.ciM;h h,Lea ? b'aw{m t{b.r;[.B lea'r.fIy yen.B -l,a h,v{m -d;y.B ? w{xer.y !eD.r;y l;[