- 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.
- They said, "When the LORD commanded 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.
- 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.
- 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 forefathers."
- 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.
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- 約瑟的後裔、瑪拿西的孫子、瑪吉的兒子基列、他子孫中的諸族長來到摩西、和作首領的以色列人族長面前、說、
- 耶和華曾吩咐我主、拈鬮分地給以色列人為業、我主也受了耶和華的吩咐、將我們兄弟西羅非哈的產業分給他的眾女兒。
- 他們若嫁以色列別支派的人、就必將我們祖宗所遺留的產業、加在他們丈夫支派的產業中.這樣、我們拈鬮所得的產業就要減少了。
- 到了以色列人的禧年、這女兒的產業就必加在他們丈夫支派的產業上.這樣、我們祖宗支派的產業就減少了。
- 摩西照耶和華的話、吩咐以色列人說、約瑟支派的人說得有理。
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