Liber Numeri 36

1 Accesserunt autem et principes familiarum Galaad filii Machir, filii Manasse de stirpe filiorum Ioseph: locutique sunt Moysi coram principibus Israel, atque dixerunt:

Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

2 Tibi domino nostro praecepit Dominus ut Terram sorte divideres filiis Israel, et ut filiabus Salphaad fratris nostri dares possessionem debitam patri:

saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

3 quas si alterius tribus homines uxores acceperint, sequetur possessio sua, et translata ad aliam tribum de nostra hereditate minuetur.

But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

4 atque ita fiet, ut cum iubilaeus, id est quinquagesimus annus remissionis advenerit, confundatur sortium distributio, et aliorum possessio ad alios transeat.

And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

5 Respondit Moyses filiis Israel, et Domino praecipiente, ait: Recte tribus filiorum Ioseph locuta est.

So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.

6 et haec lex super filiabus Salphaad a Domino promulgata est: Nubant quibus volunt, tantum ut suae tribus hominibus:

This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

7 ne commisceatur possessio filiorum Israel de tribu in tribum. Omnes enim viri ducent uxores de tribu et cognatione sua:

No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 et cunctae feminae de eadem tribu maritos accipient: ut hereditas permaneat in familiis,

Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

9 nec sibi misceantur tribus, sed ita maneant

No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

10 ut a Domino separatae sunt. Feceruntque filiae Salphaad ut fuerat imperatum:

So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

11 et nupserunt Maala, et Thersa, et Hegla, et Melcha, et Noa filiis patrui sui

Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.

12 de familia Manasse, qui fuit filius Ioseph: et possessio, quae illis fuerat attributa, mansit in tribu et familia patris earum.

They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

13 Haec sunt mandata atque iudicia, quae mandavit Dominus per manum Moysi ad filios Israel, in campestribus Moab supra Iordanem contra Iericho.

These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.