Liber Numeri 27

1 accesserunt autem filiae Salphaad filii Epher filii Galaad filii Machir filii Manasse qui fuit filius Ioseph quarum sunt nomina Maala et Noa et Egla et Melcha et Thersa

Then came 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: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 steteruntque coram Mosen et Eleazaro sacerdote et cunctis principibus populi ad ostium tabernaculi foederis atque dixerunt

And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

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 habuit mares filios cur tollitur nomen illius de familia sua quia non habet filium date nobis possessionem inter cognatos patris nostri

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

4 rettulitque Moses causam earum ad iudicium Domini

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brothers of our father.

5 qui dixit ad eum

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

6 iustam rem postulant filiae Salphaad da eis possessionem inter cognatos patris sui et ei in hereditate succedant

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

7 ad filios autem Israhel loqueris haec

The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

8 homo cum mortuus fuerit absque filio ad filiam eius transibit hereditas

And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

9 si filiam non habuerit habebit successores fratres suos

And if he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

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

And if he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

11 sin autem nec patruos habuerit dabitur hereditas his qui ei proximi sunt eritque hoc filiis Israhel sanctum lege perpetua sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi

And if his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

12 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen ascende in montem istum Abarim et contemplare inde terram quam daturus sum filiis Israhel

And the LORD said to Moses, Get you up into this mount Abarim, and 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 also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

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

For you rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

15 cui respondit Moses

And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

16 provideat Dominus Deus spirituum omnis carnis hominem qui sit super multitudinem hanc

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

18 dixitque Dominus ad eum tolle Iosue filium Nun virum in quo est spiritus et pone manum tuam super eum

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

19 qui stabit coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni multitudine

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

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

And you shall put some of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

21 pro hoc si quid agendum erit Eleazar sacerdos consulet Dominum ad verbum eius egredietur et ingredietur ipse et omnes filii Israhel cum eo et cetera multitudo

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

22 fecit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus cumque tulisset Iosue statuit eum coram Eleazaro sacerdote et omni frequentia populi

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

23 et inpositis capiti eius manibus cuncta replicavit quae mandaverat Dominus

And he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.