- 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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- And the heads of the fathers' households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel,
- and they said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
- "But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance.
- "When the jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."
- Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements.
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