1 T he heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children 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 princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.

Os chefes de família do clã de Gileade, filho de Maquir, neto de Manassés, que pertenciam aos clãs dos descendentes de José, foram falar com Moisés e com os líderes, os chefes das famílias israelitas.

2 T hey said, “Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel. My lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

E disseram: “Quando o Senhor ordenou ao meu senhor que, por sorteio, desse a terra como herança aos israelitas, ordenou que vocês dessem a herança de nosso irmão Zelofeade às suas filhas.

3 I f they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

Agora, suponham que elas se casem com homens de outras tribos israelitas; nesse caso a herança delas será tirada da herança dos nossos antepassados e acrescentada à herança da tribo com a qual se unirem pelo casamento.

4 W hen the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

Quando chegar o ano do Jubileu para os israelitas, a herança delas será acrescentada à da tribo com a qual se unirem pelo casamento, e a propriedade delas será tirada da herança da tribo de nossos antepassados”.

5 M oses commanded the children of Israel according to Yahweh’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.

Então, instruído pelo Senhor, Moisés deu esta ordem aos israelitas: “A tribo dos descendentes de José tem razão.

6 T his is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best; only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.

É isto que o Senhor ordena quanto às filhas de Zelofeade: Elas poderão casar-se com quem lhes agradar, contanto que se casem dentro do clã da tribo de seu pai.

7 S o shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Nenhuma herança em Israel poderá passar de uma tribo para outra, pois todos os israelitas manterão as terras das tribos que herdaram de seus antepassados.

8 E very daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.

Toda filha que herdar terras em qualquer tribo israelita se casará com alguém do clã da tribo de seu pai, para que cada israelita possua a herança dos seus antepassados.

9 S o shall no inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance.’”

Nenhuma herança poderá passar de uma tribo para outra, pois cada tribo israelita deverá manter as terras que herdou”.

10 T he daughters of Zelophehad did as Yahweh commanded Moses:

As filhas de Zelofeade fizeram conforme o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés.

11 f or Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.

As filhas de Zelofeade, Maalá, Tirza, Hogla, Milca e Noa, casaram-se com seus primos paternos,

12 T hey were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

dentro dos clãs dos descendentes de Manassés, filho de José, e a herança delas permaneceu no clã e na tribo de seu pai.

13 T hese are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

São esses os mandamentos e as ordenanças que o Senhor deu aos israelitas por intermédio de Moisés nas campinas de Moabe, junto ao Jordão, frente a Jericó.