Numbers 36
1 And the heads of the fathers’ houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the children of Israel:2 and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right.6 This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.
10 Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons.12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
4 Mosebok 36
Forskrifter om arv
1 Overhodene for familiene som nedstammet fra Gilead, sønn av Manasses sønn Makir, og som tilhørte Josefs barns ætter, gikk fram for Moses og for de høvdingene som var overhoder for Israels barns familier, s2 og de sa: Herren har befalt min herre å gi Israels barn landet til arv ved loddkasting, og min herre har fått befaling av Herren om å gi vår bror Selofhads arv til hans døtre. s3 Men blir nå de gift med menn fra Israels barns andre stammer, så går deres arv fra våre fedres arv og legges til den stammens arv som de kommer til å tilhøre. Slik blir vår arvedel mindre. 4 Og når jubelåret kommer for Israels barn, så blir deres arv lagt til den stammens arv som de kommer til å tilhøre, og deres arv går fra vår fedrestammes arv. s5 Da bød Moses Israels barn etter Herrens ord og sa: Josefs barns stamme har rett i det de sier. 6 Slik byr Herren om Selofhads døtre: De kan gifte seg med hvem de vil, bare de gifter seg innenfor sin fedrestammes ætt, 7 for at ikke noen arv hos Israels barn skal gå over fra en stamme til en annen. Israels barn skal holde fast hver ved sin fedrestammes arv. 8 Enhver datter i Israels barns stammer som får arv, skal gifte seg med en mann av sin fedrestammes ætt, for at Israels barn kan arve hver sine fedres arv, 9 og for at ingen arv skal gå over fra en stamme til en annen, men Israels barns stammer holde fast hver ved sin arv. 10 Selofhads døtre gjorde slik som Herren hadde befalt Moses. 11 Mahla, Tirsa, Hogla, Milka og Noa, Selofhads døtre, ble gift med sine farbrødres sønner, 12 de ble gift med menn av Manasses, Josefs sønns ætter, så deres arv ble hos deres fedreætts stamme. 13 Dette er de bud og lover som Herren ga Israels barn ved Moses på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan, rett imot Jeriko.