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Numbers 27:6

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.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Justam rem postulant filiæ Salphaad : da eis possessionem inter cognatos patris sui, et ei in hæreditatem succedant.
Septuagint (Swete) shown from Numbers 27:7
Ὀρθῶς θυγατέρες Σαλπαὰδ λελαλήκασιν· δόμα δώσεις αὐταῖς κατάσχεσιν κληρονομίας ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ περιθήσεις τὸν κλῆρον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν αὐταῖς.
Hebrew (WLC) shown from Numbers 27:7
כֵּ֗ן בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָד֮ דֹּבְרֹת֒ נָתֹ֨ן תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת נַחֲלָ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֵ֣י אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֛ אֶת נַחֲלַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ן לָהֶֽן

Haydock's commentary

On verses 4 to 6

Their. The first of these pronouns is written larger than usual, the second is improperly masculine in Hebrew; both, it is pretended, to honour the young women. (Kennicott)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.