Numbers 27
1 Then to Moses came the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
Forsothe the douytris of Salphaat, sone of Epher, sone of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses, that was `the sone of Joseph, neiyeden; of whiche douytris these ben the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
2 They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and before all the community at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said,
And thei stoden bifore Moises, and Eleazar, preest, and alle the princes of the puple, at the dore of tabernacle of boond of pees; and seiden,
3 “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who conspired against Yahweh in the company of Korah. He died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
Oure fadir was deed in the deseert, nether he was in the rebelte, that was reisid ayens the Lord, vndur Chore, but he was deed in his synne; he hadde no male sones. Whi is `the name of hym takun awei fro his meynee, for he hath no sone? Yif ye possessioun to vs among `the kynesmen of oure fadir.
4 Why should our father's name be taken away from among his clan members because he had no son? Give us land among our father's relatives.”
And Moises telde `the cause of hem to the doom of the Lord;
5 So Moses brought their case before Yahweh.
which seide to Moyses, The douytris of Salphaath axen a iust thing; yyue thou possessioun to hem among `the kynnysmen of her fadir,
6 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
and be thei successouris to hym in to eritage.
7 “Zelophehad's daughters are speaking correctly. You must certainly give them land as an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must ensure that their father's inheritance passes on to them.
Forsothe thou schalt speke these thingis to the sons of Israel,
8 You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
Whanne a man is deed with out sone, the eritage schal go to his douyter;
9 If he has no daughter, then you must give his inheritance to his brothers.
if he hath not a douyter, he schal haue eiris his britheren;
10 If he has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
that and if britheren ben not, ye schulen yyue the eritage to `the britheren of his fadir;
11 If his father has no brothers, then you must give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his clan, and he must take it for his own. This will be a law established by decree for the people of Israel, as Yahweh has commanded me.'”
forsothe if he hath no britheren of his fadir, the eritage schal be youun to hem that ben next to hym. And this schal be hooli, `that is, stidefast, bi euerlastynge lawe to the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
12 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up the mountains of Abarim and look at the land that I have given to the people of Israel.
Also the Lord seide to Moises, Stie thou in to this hil of Aberym, and biholde thou fro thennus the lond, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel.
13 After you have seen it, you, too, must be gathered to your people, like Aaron your brother.
And whanne thou hast seyn it, also thou schalt go to thi puple, as thi brother Aaron yede;
14 This will happen because you two rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin. There, when the water flowed from the rock, in your anger you failed to honor me as holy before the eyes of the whole community.” These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
for thou offenddidist me in the deseert of Syn, in the ayen seiyng of the multitude, nether woldist halewe me bifor it, on the watris. These ben the watris of ayen seiyng, in Cades, of the deseert of Syn.
15 Then Moses spoke to Yahweh and said,
To whom Moises answeryde,
16 “May you, Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all humanity, appoint a man over the community,
The Lord God of spiritis of al fleisch puruey a man, that be on this multitude,
17 a man who may go out and come in before them and lead them out and bring them in, so that your community is not like sheep that have no shepherd.”
and may go out, and entre bifor hem, and lede hem out, and lede hem yn, lest the `puple of the Lord be as scheep with out schepherde.
18 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom my Spirit lives, and lay your hand on him.
And the Lord seide to hym, Take thou Josue, the sone of Nun, a man in whom the spyrit of God is, and set thin hond on hym; and he schal stonde bifore Eleazar,
19 Place him before Eleazar the priest and before all the community, and command him before their eyes to lead them.
preest, and bifore al the multitude.
20 You must put some of your authority on him, so that all the community of the people of Israel may obey him.
And thou schalt yyue to hym comaundementis, in the siyt of alle men, and a part of thi glorie, that al the synagoge of the sones of Israel here hym.
21 He will go before Eleazar the priest to seek my will for him by the decisions of the Urim. It will be at his command that the people will go out and come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole community.”
If ony thing schal be worthi to be do for this man, Eleasar, preest, schal counseil the Lord; he schal go out, and schal go yn, at the word of Eleazar; he, and alle the sones of Israel with him, and the tother multitude.
22 So Moses did as Yahweh had commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and all the community.
Moises dide as the Lord comaundide, and whanne he hadde take Josue, he settide hym bifore Eleazar, preest, and bifore al the multitude of the puple;
23 He laid his hands on him and commanded him to lead, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
and whanne he hadde set hondis on his heed, he reherside alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide.
