1 GLT And the heads of the fathers of the clans of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before the face of Moses and before the face of the leaders, the heads of the fathers of the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
2 GLT And they said,“Yahweh commanded my master to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my master was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. BSB BSB: saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
3 GLT And they will become wives for one from the sons of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added onto the inheritance of the tribe that they belong to, and it will be withdrawn from the lot of our inheritance. BSB BSB: But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
4 GLT And when it will be the Jubilee for the sons of Israel, then their inheritance will be added onto the inheritance of the tribe which they belong to, and their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.” BSB BSB: And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
5 GLT And Moses commanded the sons of Israel in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh, saying,“What the tribe of the sons of Joseph is speaking is right. BSB BSB: So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
6 GLT This is the word that Yahweh commands to the daughters of Zelophehad, saying,‘They may become wives of the good one in their eyes, only they must become wives of the clan of the tribe of their father. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
7 GLT And an inheritance of the sons of Israel shall not go around from tribe to tribe, but a man of the sons of Israel shall cling to the inheritance of the tribe of his father. BSB BSB: No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8 GLT And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from the tribes of the sons of Israel shall become a wife for one from the clan of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel will have a possession, a man, the inheritance of his fathers. BSB BSB: Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
9 GLT And an inheritance shall not go around from a tribe to another tribe, but each tribe of the sons of Israel shall cling to his inheritance.’” BSB BSB: No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
10 GLT Just as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. BSB BSB: So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
11 GLT And Mahlah, Tirzah and Hoglah and Milkah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, became wives for the sons of their uncles. BSB BSB: Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
12 GLT They became wives from the clans of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their inheritance was with the tribe of the clan of their father. BSB BSB: They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
13 GLT These are the commands and the judgments that Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan at Jericho. BSB BSB: These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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