1a
If a man die leaving sons, his inheritance shall belong to them, and it may be parted among them.
1b
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.
2a
¶ The sons which he hath adopted shall be reckoned with the sons he hath begotten: they are his.
2b
But if any of his sons have received an inheritance already, they shall not receive a portion with their father's children.
3a
¶ No man shall receive two inheritances, lest his neighbor have none.
3b
But if he receive another, or if he marry an heiress, he shall surely give up the former, that it may be given to him who hath none, or who lacketh a portion.
4a
¶ If a man die having no sons, but daughters, the inheritance shall belong to them:
4b
The men 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 he shall not possess the inheritance.
4c
Thus shall the house and the name of him be kept up, who hath no son.
5a
¶ But if he have neither sons nor daughters, and he be found a righteous man, then may the king appoint his nearest kinsman who is found worthy, and is not the firstborn of his father, his heir;
5c
And he who is thus appointed shall be called after the name of him who had no child, thus shall his name and his house be kept up.
5d
Otherwise shall the king give his inheritance to him who is needy.
6a
¶ If a man desert his inheritance for a long time, that it be left to decay and waste, or become wild, that the portion of the house of the Lord, and the treasury of the king fail, then shall the king's servants possess it.
6b
And the king may take it to himself or grant it to another who needeth it.
7a
¶ If the sons of him who has left his inheritance return, the king's servants shall render it to them.
7b
But if the king has taken it to himself, or granted it to another, then shall the king give them another inheritance.
8
¶ If any man will leave his inheritance to seek a place in another land which the Lord, your God, giveth you, then shall he render his inheritance to the king, who shall appoint him another, that his children may possess it instead of the former, and his house and his name be not lost among the Saints.
9a
¶ If the king seek men to go up to a new land to possess it by the Command of the Lord your God, then shall the sons among many brethren go up and establish their houses,
9b
And their names shall be named upon their inheritances, that they may be kept up forever,
9c
And they shall not inherit with their brethren of the possessions of their father.
10
¶ Thus shall every man have an inheritance, or a portion, and they shall not be divided till they are too small for you.
11a
¶ If an inheritance has been divided, and one who hath a portion die leaving no child, or render it up to receive another, it shall not be given to a stranger to his house.
11b
It shall return to the head of the family to whom the inheritance pertaineth.
12
¶ And if he 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.