A4 B 32:1-42. Division: East of Jordan. C 33:1-49. Jorneyings. B 33:50-36:13. Division: West of Jordan.
B w¹ 1-5. Petition of Rueben and Gad. x¹ 6-15. Expostulation of Moses. w² 16-19. Stipulation of Rueben and Gad. x² 20-24. Reply of Moses. w³ 25-27. Stipulation of Ruen and Gad. x³ 28-30. Condition of Moses. w4 31,32. Compliance of Rueben and Gad. x4 33-42. Compliance of Moses.
1452 B.C.
6: And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you all sit here?
7: And why discourage all you the heart of the sons of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord (Yehovah) has given them?
8: Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9: For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol (=cluster of grapes, cp. 13:23,24), and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord (Yehovah) had given them.
10: And the Lord's (Yehovah's) anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,
11: ‘Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (all 3 mentioned together here as equally subjects of the oath of Yehovah, cp. Gen.50:24); because they have not wholly followed Me:
12: Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord (Yehovah).’
13: And the Lord's (Yehovah's) anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the men of that generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord (Yehovah), was consumed.
14: And, behold, you all are risen up in your fathers' stead, a multitude of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord (Yehovah) toward Israel.
15: For if you all turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them behind in the wilderness; and you all shall destroy all this People.”
16: And they came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17: But we ourselves will go ready armed before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18: We will not return to our houses (promise fulfilled in Josh.23:3,4), until the sons of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
19: For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.”
20: And Moses said to them, “If you all will do this thing, if you all will go armed before the Lord (Yehovah) to war,
21: And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord (Yehovah), until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,
22: And the land be subdued before the Lord (Yehovah): then afterward you all shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord (Yehovah), and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord (Yehovah).
23: But if you all will not do so, behold, you all have sinned against Yehovah: and be sure your sin will find you out.
24: Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25: And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26: Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
27: But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord (Yehovah) to battle, as my lord says.”
28: So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
29: And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord (Yehovah), and the land shall be subdued before you; then you all shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30: But if they will not pass over with you armed to do battle before the Lord (Yehovah), then you shall bring over their baggage, and their wives, and their cattle earlier than you into the land of Canaan; so shall they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” (Septuagint rendering)
31: And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As the Lord (Yehovah) has said to your servants, so will we do.
32: We will pass over armed before Yehovah into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.”
x4 y 33-. Gad Distribution. z -33-. Reuben. Distribution. a -33. Half Manasseh. Distribution. y 34-36. Gad. Possession. z 37, 38. Reuben. Possesion. a 39-42. Half Manasseh.
33: And Moses gave to them (cp. Deut.3:12. Josh.13:8; 22:4), even to the sons of Gad,
and to the sons of Reuben,
and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
34: And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer (Heb.=nudity of situation, ruins),
35: And Atroth, Shophan (=hidden, bareness), and Jaazer, and Jogbehah (=hillock, lofty),
36: And Beth-nimrah (=house of the leopard), and Beth-haran (=house of height), fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37: And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim (=double city),
38: And Nebo, and Baal-meon, {their names being changed,} and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built.
39: And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40: And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41: And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair (=the tent village of the enlightener).
42: And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof (Heb. daughters; depending on the mother or metropolitan city), and called it Nobah (=to bark, as a dog), after his own name.
C b¹ 1-15. First Period. Rameses to Sinai. 12 stations. b² 16,17. Second Period. Sinai to Rithmah (=Kadesh)
(first time). 3 stations. b³ 18-36. Third Period. Rithmah to Kadesh (second time). 18 stations. 38 years. No history. b4 37-49. Fourth Period. Kadesh (second time) to Plains of Moab. 40th year. 10 stations.
(4-5th April, 1491 B.C.)
3: And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month (according to the solar calendar which starts of the first day of spring, the vernal equinox, March 21st); on the next day after the passover (3-4th April) the sons of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
4: For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which Yehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Yehovah executed judgments (cp. Ex.12:12; 18:8,11).
5: And the sons of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
6: And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
7: And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
8: And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
9: And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim (cp. Ex.15:27; 16:1): and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there.
10: And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea (not named before).
11: And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin (Ex.16:1,2).
12: And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah (not named before. Heb. name = to knock, press severely, "cattle-driving").
13: And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush (not named before. =a crowd of men).
14: And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim (see Ex. 17), where there was no water for the people to drink.
15: And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai (cp. Ex.19:1. Acts 7:38).
16: And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah ().
17: And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth (cp. Num.11:35).
18: And they departed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah (=Juniper; to yoke up [to the pole of a vehicle]. Well named for the evil tongues of the spies. Cp. 13:1-3. To which place the spies went to view the land).
19: And they departed from Rithmah, and encamped at Rimmon-parez (=pomegranate of the breach. Not named before).
20: And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and encamped in Libnah (=white tree. Perhaps the Laban of Deut.1:1).
21: And they removed from Libnah, and encamped at Rissah (= a ruin, as drpping to pieces. Not mentioned elsewhere).
22: And they removed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah (=convocation, assembly).
23: And they went from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shapher (=beauty, fair, glisten, brightness).
24: And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah (=fear anxiety).
25: And they removed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth (=an assembly).
26: And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath (=the bottom [as depressed], below, underneath, station).
27: And they departed from Tahath, and encamped at Tarah (=delay).
28: And they removed from Tarah, and encamped in Mithcah (=sweetness).
29: And they went from Mithcah, and encamped in Hashmonah (=fertile, fatness).
30: And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth (correction, chastisement, i.e. a halter, restraint, reproof, warning or instruction, bonds).
31: And they departed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan (=a son of twisted, tortuous, son of he shall surround).
32: And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad (=hole of the cleft, conspicuous mount).
33: And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah (=pleasantness, goodness. Cp. Deut.10:7).
34: And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah (=transitional, passage).
35: And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber (=back-bone like of a man, giant's backbone. Edom's seaport on the Red Sea.Cp. Deut.2:8).
36: And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
37: And they removed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
(17-18th July, 1452 B.C.)
38: And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Yehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of sons were come out of the land of Egypt (#40 = the number of probation), in the first day of the fifth month.
39: And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died (cp. 20:24,26 &c. Born 1575 B.C.) in mount Hor (see 21:4).
40: And king Arad the Canaanite (cp. 21:3), which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.
41: And they departed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah (=shadiness).
42: And they departed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon (=perolexity, darkness).
43: And they departed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth (=water-skins).
44: And they departed from Oboth, and encamped in Ije-abarim (=heaps, or ruins of regions beyond. "Iim", v.45 probably an abreviation), in the border of Moab.
45: And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad (=wasting-troups. Dibon of the tribe of Gad. Cp. Num.21:30. So called because it was appropriated by Gad [32:34]; and to distinquished it from another Dibon given to Reuben [Josh.13:15,17]).
46: And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim (=concealing the two cakes).
47: And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo (were Moses died. Deut.32:40,50; 34:1,4).
48: And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
49: And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth (=house of the deserts) even to Abel-shittim (=meadow of the accacias) in the plains of Moab.
B c 33:50. The Plains of Moab. d 33:51-34:29. The Land of Canaan. c 35:1. The Plains of Moab. d 35:2-36:12. The Land of Canaan.
50: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
d e¹ 33:51-34:15. The Division. e² 34:16-29. The Dividers.
e¹ f 33:51-53-. Command–Expultion. g 33:-53. Possession. h 33:54. Division. f 33:55-. Disobedience–Non-expultion. g 33:-55,56. Punishment. h 34:1-15. Division.
51: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you all are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
52: Then you all shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you (this was one of the great purposes for which the sword of Israil was raised up. Cp. Deut.7:1,2. Ex.23:33), and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
53: And you all shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein:
for I have given you the land to possess it.
54: And you all shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more you all shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you all shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you all shall inherit (cp. 26:53).
55: But if you all will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you (Alas! they did not. Cp. Josh.13:13; 16:63; 16:10. Judg.1:19,21,28,29,30-36; 2:1-5);
then it shall come to pass, that those which you all let remain of them shall be for pricks in your eyes (cp. Josh.23:13. Cp. Ezek.28:24), and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein you all dwell.
56: Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.’ ”
3: Then your south quarter (cp. Josh.15:1. Begins at east corner) shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward (so v.12):
4: And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim (=Maaleh-akrabbim, Josh.15:3 = the ascent of scorpions. Cp. Deut.8:15), and pass on to Zin: and the ascending thereof (cp. Josh.15:3) shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar (=village of the mighty one), and pass on to Azmon (=strong):
5: And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon to the wady of Egypt (Heb. nachal; not nahar, a river. Here used of "Sihor", and called the river of Egypt. Cp. Gen.15:18, where it is nahar = the Nile), and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6: And as for the western border, you all shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
7: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea (i.e. the Mediterranean, a modern name for the Great Sea) you all shall mark out (or claim, Heb. tå’åh, occ. only here) for you mount Hor (not the mont Hor where Aaron died, which was in the south corner of Edom [33:37,38], but another, in the north, mount Hermon, a spur of Lebanon [Josh.13:5]. Hermon had several names. Cp.Deut3:9; 4:48):
8: From mount Hor you all shall mark out your border unto the entrance of Hamath (=fortress. In Amos 6:2 called "Hamath the great", mentioned as in the north border); and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad (=mountain side):
9: And the border shall go on to Ziphron (=fragrance), and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan (=village of fountains): this shall be your north border.
10: And you all shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham (fruitful):
11: And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah (=fertility. A city in Hamath, where God executed His judgment on 2 kings of Judah and others [2 Kings 23:33; 25:6,20,21.Jer. 39:5,6), on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward (=circut, cp. Josh.12:3; 13:27. In the New Testament "the sea of Galilee" and "sea of Tiberias" [John 6:1]; also "the Lake Gennesaret" [Luke 5:1]):
12: And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the borders thereof round about.’ ”
13: And Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you all shall inherit by lot, which Yehovah commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
14: For the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to the house of their fathers (cp.32:33. Josh.14:2,3), and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.”
16: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
17: “These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you (cp. 13:2-6. Eastern tribes omitted): Eleazar the priest (because he was the high priest, and had the breastplate with the lots, the "urim and Thummim". See Ex.28:30 and Num.26:55. Josh.17:4. See also Num.27:21), and Joshua the son of Nun.
18: And you all shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19: And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh (the only one of the spies, beside Joshua, left, cp. 13:6,30, and cp. 14:24. Josh.14:6 &c.).
20: And of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23: The prince of the sos of Joseph, for the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29: These are they whom the Lord (Yehovah) commanded to divide the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.
d i¹ 35:2-34. Levitical cities. i² 36:1-12. Heiresses.
i¹ k 2-5. Levitical cities: description. l 6-. Cities of refuge: number (6). k -6-8. Levitical cities: number (48). l 9-34. Cities of refuge: description.
2: “Command the sons of Israel, that they give to the Levites (Yehovah gives to the Nation; the Nation gives to the Levites) of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you all shall give also to the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3: And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4: And the suburbs of the cities, which you all shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about (aprox. 1750 feet).
5: And you all shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits (3500'), and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6: And among the cities which ye shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge (see Deut.4:41. Josh.20:7,8; 21:3), which you all shall appoint for the manslayer,
that he may flee to that place: and to them you all shall add forty and two cities.
7: So all the cities which you all shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities (cp. Josh.21:41.So was Gen.49:5,7 fulfilled, that Levi should be "divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel". At first a curse, but changed to a blessing on account of Ex.32:26,29): them shall you all give with their suburbs.
8: And the cities which you all shall give shall be of the possession of the sons of Israel: from them that have many you all shall give many; but from them that have few you all shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits” (9 from Judah and Simeon; 4 from Benjamin; 4 from Ephraim; 4 from Dan; 2 from the half tribe of Manasseh; 2 from the other half; 4 from Issachar; 4 from Asher; 3 from Naphtali; 4 from Zebulun; 4 from Reuben; 4 from Gad. Cp. Josh.21:9,16, &c.).
l m 9-11-. The cities (general). n -11,12. Purpose. m 12-15-. The cities (particular). n -15-34. Purpose.
9: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
10: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you all be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan(cp. Deut.19:2. Josh.20:2);
11: Then youall shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you;
that the slayer may flee to that place, which kills any person (Heb. nephesh = soul) by misadventure.
12: And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger (Heb. Goêl, to redeem, to ransom. First occ. is Gen.48:16; next, Ex.6:6; 15:13. Goêl, when used in this connection, means to avenge bloodshed, as here; both were the duties of the next of kin, the kinsman. Our Goêl not only redeems us from all evil, but avenges us of all our enemies. Rom.8:31-34); that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13: And of these cities which you all shall give six cities shall you all have for refuge.
14: You all shall give three cities on this side Jordan (Bezer, Ramoth, Golan [Deut.4:41-43]), and three cities shall you all give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge (Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron [Josh.20:7]. These were placed in due order, east and west, in 2 ranks; Hebron over against Bezer, Shechem over against Ramoth, Kedesh over against Golan. If the Lord enlarged their lands, they were to add 3 more [Deut.19:8,9]).
15: These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them:
n o -15. Positive. p 16-21. Negative. o 22-25. Positive. p 26-34. Negative.
that every one that kills any person unawares may flee to that place.
16: And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17: And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18: Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19: The revenger of blood (see v.12) himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.
20: But if he thrust him of hatred (Deut.19:11,12), or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21: Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.
22: But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity (cp. Ex.21:13), or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait (see v.20),
23: Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24: Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
25: And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy (=set apart, see Ex.3;5) oil.
p q 26-28. Negative. r 29. Purpose secured. q 30-32. Negative. r 33,34. Purpose secured.
26: But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
27: And the revenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he (the revenger) shall not be guilty of blood:
28: Because he (the slayer) should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29: So these things shall be for a statute of judgment (= a regulative statute, cp. 27:11) to you throughout your generations in all your dwelling-places.
30: Whoso kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses (Fig., put for evidence given by it): but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
31: Moreover you all shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer (cp. Ps.49:7. Only God can redeem [v.15]), which is guilty of death (=if he has unlawfully caused death, Fig., "guilty" being put for the crime which caused it, Heb. "wicked, to die"): but he shall be surely put to death.
32: And you all shall take no ransom for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33: So you all shall not pollute the land wherein you all are: for blood (ulawfully shed) it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it (cp. Gen.9:6).
34: Defile you not therefore the land which you all shall inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I the Lord (Yehovah) dwell among the sons of Israel.’ ”
i² s 1. Applicants. t 2-4. Plea. s 5. Applicants. t 6-12. Response.
2: And they said, “The Lord (Yehovah) commanded my lord (Moses, to whom the commandment was given, 26:52,53, &c; 27:6,7) to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
3: And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
4: And when the jubile of the sons of Israel shall be (cp. Lev.25), then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.” <>
5: And Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the Lord (Yehovah), saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph have said well.”
6: This is the thing which the Lord (Yehovah) does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
7: So shall not the inheritance of the sons of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the sons of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8: And every daughter, that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the sons of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the sons of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9: Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the sons of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.’ ”
10: Even as the Lord (Yehovah) commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11: For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons:
12: And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13: These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord (Yehovah) commanded by the hand of Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho (this verse forms the closing Epilogue to the whole Book of Numbers).