Liber Numeri 27

1 Accesserunt autem filiae Salphaad, filii Hepher, filii Galaad, filii Machir, filii Manasse, qui fuit filius Ioseph: quarum sunt nomina, Maala, et Noa, et Hegla, et Melcha, et Thersa.

Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 Steteruntque coram Moyse et Eleazaro sacerdote, et cunctis principibus populi ad ostium tabernaculi foederis, atque dixerunt:

They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

3 Pater noster mortuus est in deserto, nec fuit in seditione, quae concitata est contra Dominum sub Core, sed in peccato suo mortuus est: hic non habet mares filios. Cur tollitur nomen illius de familia sua, quia non habuit filium? Date nobis possessionem inter cognatos patris nostri.

Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.

4 Retulitque Moyses causam earum ad iudicium Domini.

Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

5 Qui dixit ad eum:

So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

6 Iustam rem postulant filiae Salphaad: da eis possessionem inter cognatos patris sui, et ei in hereditatem succedant.

And the Lord said to Moses,

7 Ad filios autem Israel loqueris haec:

What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.

8 Homo cum mortuus fuerit absque filio, ad filiam eius transibit hereditas.

And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.

9 si filiam non habuerit, habebit successores fratres suos.

And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

10 quod si et fratres non fuerint, dabitis hereditatem fratribus patris eius.

And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

11 sin autem nec patruos habuerit, dabitur hereditas his, qui ei proximi sunt. eritque hoc filiis Israel sanctum lege perpetua, sicut praecepit Dominus Moysi.

And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

12 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Ascende in montem istum Abarim, et contemplare inde Terram, quam daturus sum filiis Israel.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

13 cumque videris eam, ibis et tu ad populum tuum, sicut ivit frater tuus Aaron:

And when you have seen it, you will be put to rest with your people, as your brother Aaron was:

14 quia offendistis me in deserto Sin in contradictione multitudinis, nec sanctificare me voluistis coram ea super aquas. hae sunt aquae contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin.

Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

15 Cui respondit Moyses:

Then Moses said to the Lord,

16 Provideat Dominus Deus spirituum omnis carnis, hominem, qui sit super multitudinem hanc:

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,

17 et possit exire et intrare ante eos, et educere eos vel introducere: ne sit populus Domini sicut oves absque pastore.

To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

18 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Tolle Iosue filium Nun virum in quo est Spiritus Dei, et pone manum tuam super eum.

And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

19 Qui stabit coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni multitudine:

And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.

20 et dabis ei praecepta cunctis videntibus, et partem gloriae tuae, ut audiat eum omnis synagoga filiorum Israel.

And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.

21 Pro hoc, siquid agendum erit, Eleazar sacerdos consulet Dominum. Ad verbum eius egredietur et ingredietur ipse, et omnes filii Israel cum eo, et cetera multitudo.

He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.

22 Fecit Moyses ut praeceperat Dominus. Cumque tulisset Iosue, statuit eum coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni frequentia populi.

So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

23 Et impositis capiti eius manibus, cuncta replicavit quae mandaverat Dominus.

And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.