| 1The paternal heads of the family of the sons of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, approached and spoke before Moses and the princes, the paternal heads of the Israelites. |
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אוַיִּקְרְב֞וּ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַת בְּנֵֽי־גִלְעָד֙ בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיְדַבְּר֞וּ לִפְנֵ֤י משֶׁה֙ וְלִפְנֵ֣י הַנְּשִׂאִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֥י אָב֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 2They said, “God commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites, and my lord was commanded by God to give the inheritance of Tzelofchad our brother to his daughters. |
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בוַיֹּֽאמְר֗וּ אֶת־אֲדֹנִי֙ צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה לָתֵ֨ת אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ בְּנַֽחֲלָ֛ה בְּגוֹרָ֖ל לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽאדֹנִי֙ צֻוָּ֣ה בַֽיהֹוָ֔ה לָתֵ֗ת אֶת־נַֽחֲלַ֛ת צְלָפְחָ֥ד אָחִ֖ינוּ לִבְנֹתָֽיו: |
| 3Now, if they marry a member of another tribe of the Israelites, their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Thus, their inheritance will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. |
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גוְהָי֠וּ לְאֶחָ֞ד מִבְּנֵ֨י שִׁבְטֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ לְנָשִׁים֒ וְנִגְרְעָ֤ה נַֽחֲלָתָן֙ מִנַּֽחֲלַ֣ת אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ וְנוֹסַ֕ף עַ֚ל נַֽחֲלַ֣ת הַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּֽהְיֶ֖ינָה לָהֶ֑ם וּמִגֹּרַ֥ל נַֽחֲלָתֵ֖נוּ יִגָּרֵֽעַ: |
| וְנוֹסַף עַל נַֽחֲלַת הַמַּטֶּה - And it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe - for her son inherits her, and the son’s lineage is determined by his father’s tribe. |
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וְנוֹסַף עַל נַֽחֲלַת הַמַּטֶּה.
שֶׁהֲרֵי בְנָהּ יוֹרְשָׁהּ, וְהַבֵּן מִתְיַחֵס עַל שֵׁבֶט אָבִיו:
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| 4Even if the Israelites will observe a Jubilee year, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers’ tribe.” |
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דוְאִם־יִֽהְיֶ֣ה הַיֹּבֵל֘ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙ נַֽחֲלָתָ֔ן עַ֚ל נַֽחֲלַ֣ת הַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּֽהְיֶ֖ינָה לָהֶ֑ם וּמִנַּֽחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ יִגָּרַ֖ע נַֽחֲלָתָֽן: |
| וְאִם־יִֽהְיֶה הַיֹּבֵל - (lit.) If [the Israelites] have the Jubilee year. From here Rabbi Yehudah derived that the Jubilee would later cease to be practiced. |
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וְאִם־יִֽהְיֶה הַיֹּבֵל.
מִכָּאן הָיָה רַ' יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר עָתִיד הַיּוֹבֵל שֶׁיִּפְסֹק (ספרא ויקרא ב'):
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| וְאִם־יִֽהְיֶה היובל - i.e., this is not a sale, which returns to its original owner in the Jubilee year, for an inheritance does not return in the Jubilee year, so even when the Jubilee year occurs, the inheritance does not revert to its original tribe; consequently, it will have been added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. |
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וְאִם־יִֽהְיֶה היובל.
כְּלוֹמַר, אֵין זוֹ מְכִירָה שֶׁחוֹזֶרֶת בַּיּוֹבֵל, שֶׁהַיְרֻשָּׁה אֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת, וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם יִהְיֶה הַיּוֹבֵל לֹא תַחֲזֹר הַנַּחֲלָה לְשִׁבְטוֹ, וְנִמְצָא שֶׁנּוֹסְפָה על נחלת המטה אשר תהיינה להם:
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| 5Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of God, saying, “The tribe of Joseph’s descendants speak justly. |
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הוַיְצַ֤ו משֶׁה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַל־פִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר כֵּ֛ן מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֖ף דֹּֽבְרִֽים: |
| 6This is the word that God has commanded regarding Tzelofchad’s daughters: Let them marry whomever they please, but they must marry only someone from the family of their father’s tribe. |
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וזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֗ה לִבְנ֤וֹת צְלָפְחָד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֖ם תִּֽהְיֶ֣ינָה לְנָשִׁ֑ים אַ֗ךְ לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אֲבִיהֶ֖ם תִּֽהְיֶ֥ינָה לְנָשִֽׁים: |
| 7Thus, the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite person will remain attached to the inheritance of his fathers’ tribe. |
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זוְלֹֽא־תִסֹּ֤ב נַֽחֲלָה֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִמַּטֶּ֖ה אֶל־מַטֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י אִ֗ישׁ בְּנַֽחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֔יו יִדְבְּק֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 8Every daughter from the tribes of the Israelites who inherits property must marry a member of a family of her father’s tribe, so every Israelite inherit the property of his forefathers |
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חוְכָל־בַּ֞ת יֹרֶ֣שֶׁת נַֽחֲלָ֗ה מִמַּטּוֹת֘ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לְאֶחָ֗ד מִמִּשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אָבִ֖יהָ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֑ה לְמַ֗עַן יִֽירְשׁוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֖ישׁ נַֽחֲלַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו: |
| וְכָל־בַּת יֹרֶשֶׁת נַֽחֲלָה - Every daughter who inherits property - because her father had no son. |
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וְכָל־בַּת יֹרֶשֶׁת נַֽחֲלָה.
שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בֵן לְאָבִיהָ:
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| 9and no inheritance will be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for each person of the tribes of the Israelites must remain attached to his own inheritance.” |
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טוְלֹֽא־תִסֹּ֧ב נַֽחֲלָ֛ה מִמַּטֶּ֖ה לְמַטֵּ֣ה אַחֵ֑ר כִּי־אִישׁ֙ בְּנַ֣חֲלָת֔וֹ יִדְבְּק֕וּ מַטּ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 10Tzelofchad’s daughters did as God had commanded Moses. |
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יכַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־משֶׁ֑ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנ֥וֹת צְלָפְחָֽד: |
| 11Tzelofchad’s daughters—Machlah, Tirtzah, Choglah, Milkah, and No’ah—married their cousins. |
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יאוַתִּֽהְיֶ֜ינָה מַחְלָ֣ה תִרְצָ֗ה וְחָגְלָ֧ה וּמִלְכָּ֛ה וְנֹעָ֖ה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֑ד לִבְנֵ֥י דֹֽדֵיהֶ֖ן לְנָשִֽׁים: |
| מַחְלָה תִרְצָה וגו' - Machlah, Tirtzah… Here, it enumerates them in order of their greatness in years (i.e., their age), as they married in the order of their birth, but everywhere else in Scripture it enumerates them according to their wisdom. And this tells us that they were equal. |
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מַחְלָה תִרְצָה וגו'.
כָּאן מְנָאָן לְפִי גְדֻלָּתָן זוֹ מִזּוֹ בַּשָּׁנִים, וְנִשְּׂאוּ כְּסֵדֶר תּוֹלְדוֹתָן, וּבְכָל הַמִּקְרָא מְנָאָן לְפִי חָכְמָתָן, וּמַגִּיד שֶׁשְּׁקוּלוֹת זוֹ כְּזוֹ (עי' בבא בתרא ק"כ):
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| 12They married into the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of their father’s family. |
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יבמִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בֶן־יוֹסֵ֖ף הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים וַתְּהִי֙ נַֽחֲלָתָ֔ן עַל־מַטֵּ֖ה מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֲבִיהֶֽן: |
| 13These are the commandments and the ordinances that God commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River, opposite Jericho. |
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יגאֵ֣לֶּה הַמִּצְוֹ֞ת וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־משֶׁ֖ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּעַרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב עַ֖ל יַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵחֽוֹ: |
