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And againa, if thy brother have an inheritance, and die leaving a wife, but no seed, thou shalt take her to wife, and raise up seed to thy brother, that his name be not lost among this people;
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And thou shalt possess the inheritance with her, till the seeda be grown up to possess it;
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And if he had but a portion, it shall be thine, and the seed also.
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But, if she love thee not, or thou wilt not take her, this right goeth to the nexta kinsman; but no one shall take the inheritance or portion without her.
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¶ Moreover, if thou takest a widow in marriage, and she have been joined to another for time and eternity, thou shalt only take her for lifea;
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And should yea bare seed before you have been married a full year, it shall be expressly determined whose the seed is; whether thine, or the husband whose widow she is.
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And if thou should marry a wife having children, and they have no father in the Kingdom, and she bring them to thee, they are thine; thou shalt receive them, and establish them.
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¶ If a woman, be she young or old, obtain a good report through faith, and is chosen of YHVHa, thy Elohimb, to be a queenc and a ruler over her house, she shall have an inheritance appointed to her, with her husband or her brethren, that she may possess it, and her children with her, and that she may rule over all her house.
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¶ And should a man die leaving sons, his inheritance shall belong to them, and it may be parted among them;
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And to the firstborn, or he that is worthy to be so reckoned, shall be given a double portion, that he may keep up the dignity of his father’s house.
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The sons which he hath adopted shall be reckoned with the sons he hath begotten; they are his;
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However, if any of his sons have received an inheritancea already, they shall not receive another portion with their father’s children.
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¶ None shall receive two inheritances, lest their neighbor have none; yet if they should receive another, or if he marry an heiress, they shall surely give up the former, that it may be given to they who hath none, or who lacketh a portion.
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¶ And should a man die having no sons, but daughters, the inheritance shall belong to them;
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And they who shall take them to wife, shall be called after the name of their fathers, every man after the name of his wife’s father: otherwise they shall not possess the inheritance.
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But if he have neither sons nor daughters, and he be found a righteous man, then may the judge appoint his nearest kinsman who is found worthy, and is not the firstborn of his father, as his heir;
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And he who is thus appointed shall be called after the name of him who had no child; thus shall the name of his house be kept up;
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If not, then shall the judge take of his inheritance give it unto they who are in need of it.
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¶ If anyone should abandon their inheritance, that it be left to decay and waste, or become wild, that the portion of the house of YHVH, and the treasury of the land fail, then shall the rulers over that land take possession of it, and grant it to those in need, that their wants be met;
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But should the sons of he who has left his inheritance return, the shall shall render it unto them;
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And if that portion has been granted to another, then shall they be given another inheritance.
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¶ And should any desire to leave their inheritance and seek a place in another land which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth, then shall they render to the rulers of that land their inheritance,
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And these shall appoint him another inheritance, that his children may possess it instead of the former, and his house and his name be not lost among Israel.
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¶ And should Israel seek men to go up to a new land to possess it by the command of YHVH, your Elohim, then shall the sons among you go up and establish their houses,
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And their names shall be named upon their inheritances, that they may be kept up forever; and these shall not inherit with their brethren of the possessions of their fathers.
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Thus shall everyone have an inheritance, or a portion, and they shall not be divided till they are too small for you.
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¶ If an inheritance hath been divided, and one who hath a portion should die leaving no child, or render it up to receive another, it shall not be given to a stranger to his house; but it shall return to the head of the family to whom the inheritance pertaineth.
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And should they die leaving no sons, but a daughter, and any of her kinsman who has also a portion of that inheritance take her to wife, he shall have her portion with her;
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Save it be be that she obtain a good report through faith, and is chosen of YHVH to be a queena and a ruler over her house, then she shall have an inheritance appointed to her that she may rule over all her house.