Inheritance of Zelophehad’s daughters

1 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.

2 They said, ‘When the Lordcommanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad 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 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 Lordcommands for Zelophehad’s daughters: they may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan.

7 No inheritance 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, 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 Lordcommanded Moses.

11 Zelophehad’s daughters – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah – 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.

13 These are the commands and regulations the Lordgave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Footnotes for the Book of Numbers

a9Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16)to me

b28Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts8,300

c47That is, about 58 grams

d50That is, about 16 kilograms

a2The Hebrew word fordefiling skin disease, traditionally translated ‘leprosy’, was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

b6Orwoman who commits any wrong common to mankind

c15That is, probably about 1.6 kilograms

d21That is, may he cause your name to be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, may others see that you are cursed; similarly in verse 27.

e26Orrepresentative

a13That is, about 1.5 kilograms; also elsewhere in this chapter

b13That is, about 800 grams; also elsewhere in this chapter

c14That is, about 115 grams; also elsewhere in this chapter

d16Orpurification offering; also elsewhere in this chapter

e85That is, about 28 kilograms

f86That is, about 1.4 kilograms

a3Taberahmeansburning.

b31That is, about 90 centimetres

c32That is, possibly about 1.6 metric tons

d34Kibroth Hattaavahmeansgraves of craving.

a23Eshkolmeanscluster; also in verse 24.

a4That is, probably about 1.6 kilograms

b4That is, about 1 litre; also in verse 5

c6That is, probably about 3.2 kilograms

d6That is, about 1.3 litres; also in verse 7

e9That is, probably about 5 kilograms

f9That is, about 1.9 litres; also in verse 10

g24Orpurification offering; also in verses 25 and 27

a In Hebrew texts 17:1-13 is numbered 17:16-28.

a13Meribahmeansquarrelling.

a32The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

a4HebrewShaddai; also in verse 16

b17Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

c17Or possiblyMoab, / batter

d17Orall the noisy boasters

e23Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the HebrewThe people from the islands will gather from the north.

a18Orthe Spirit

a3That is, probably about 5 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14

b3That is, probably about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14

c4That is, probably about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 10 and 15

d5Orpurification offering; also elsewhere in this chapter

e7Ormust fast

f40In Hebrew texts this verse (29:40) is numbered 30:1.

a52That is, about 190 kilograms

a8Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Textleft from before Hahiroth

b10Orthe Sea of Reeds; also in verse 11

a4That is, about 450 metres

b5That is, about 900 metres

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