1 And there came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: whose names are, Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
1 Then ¹came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
2 And they stood before Moyses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the Princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of covenant, and said:
2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:
3 Our father died in the desert, neither was he in the sedition, that was raised against our Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: he had no men children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he hath not a son? Give us possession among the kin of our father.
3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition ²that was raised against the Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.
4 And Moyses referred their cause to the judgment of our Lord.
4 And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.
5 Who said to him:
5 And the Lord said to him:
6 The daughters of Salphaad require a just thing: give them possession among their father's kin, and let them succeed him in the inheritance.
6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them a possession among their father’s kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.
7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things:
7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things:
8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheritance shall pass to his daughter.
8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheritance shall pass to his daughter.
9 If he have no daughter, he shall have his brethren his successors.
9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall succeed him.
10 And if he have no brethren neither, you shall give the inheritance to his father's brethren.
10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance to his father’s brethren.
11 But if he have no such uncles by the father neither, the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next of kin: and this shall be to the children of Israel a holy ordinance by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moyses.
11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel sacred by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.
12 Our Lord also said to Moyses: Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the Land which I will give to the children of Israel:
12 The Lord also said to Moses: ³Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to the children of Israel.
13 and when thou shall have seen it, thou also shall go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
13 And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
14 because you did offend me in the desert Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify me before them upon the waters. These are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert Sin.
14 ⁴Because you offended me in the desert of Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify me before them at the waters. These are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert of Sin.
15 To whom Moyses answered:
15 And Moses answered him:
16 Our Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man that may be over this multitude:
16 May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:
17 and may go out and enter in before them, and bring them out, or bring them in: lest the people of our Lord be as sheep without a pastor.
17 And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd.
18 And our Lord said to him: Take Josue the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him.
18 And the Lord said to him: ⁵take Josue the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him.
19 Who shall stand before Eleazar the Priest and all the multitude:
19 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest and all the multitude:
20 and thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the synagogue of the children of Israel may hear him.
20 And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hear him.
21 For him, if any thing be to be done, Eleazar the Priest shall consult the Lord. At his word shall he go out and shall go in, and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude.
21 If anything be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.
22 Moyses did as our Lord had commanded. And when he had taken Josue, he set him before Eleazar the Priest, and all the assembly of the people.
22 Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And, when he had taken Josue, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and all the assembly of the people,
23 And imposing his hands on his head, he repeated all things that our Lord had commanded.
23 And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things that the Lord had commanded.