- 约瑟的后裔,玛拿西的孙子,玛吉的儿子基列,他子孙中的诸族长来到摩西和作首领的以色猎人族长面前,
- 说,耶和华曾吩咐我主拈阄分地给以色列人为业,我主也受了耶和华的吩咐将我们兄弟西罗非哈的产业分给他的众女儿。
- 她们若嫁以色列别支派的人,就必将我们祖宗所遗留的产业加在她们丈夫支派的产业中。这样,我们拈阄所得的产业就要减少了。
- 到了以色列人的禧年,这女儿的产业就必加在她们丈夫支派的产业上。这样,我们祖宗支派的产业就减少了。
- 摩西照耶和华的话吩咐以色列人说,约瑟支派的人说得有理。
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- 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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