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1 The
heads of
the fathers’ households of
the family of
the children of
Gilead, the son
of Machir, the
son of Manasseh,
of the families
of the sons
of Joseph, came
near and spoke
before Moses and
before the princes,
the heads of
the fathers’ households of
the children of
Israel.
2 They said, “The
LORD commanded my
lord to give
the land for
inheritance by lot
to the children
of Israel. My
lord was commanded
by the LORD
to give the
inheritance of
Zelophehad our brother
to his daughters.
3 If
they are married
to any of
the sons of
the other tribes
of the children
of Israel, then
their inheritance
will be taken
away from the
inheritance of
our fathers, and
will be added
to the inheritance
of the tribe
to which they
shall belong. So
it will be
taken away from
the lot of
our inheritance.
4 When
the jubilee of
the children of
Israel comes, then
their inheritance
will be added
to the inheritance
of the tribe
to which they
shall belong. So
their inheritance
will be taken
away from the
inheritance of the
tribe of
our fathers.”
5 Moses
commanded the
children of Israel
according to the
LORD’s word,
saying, “The tribe
of the sons
of Joseph speak
what is right.
6 This
is the thing
which the LORD
commands concerning
the daughters of
Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let
them be married to
whom they think
best, only they
shall marry into
the family of
the tribe of
their father.
7 So
shall no
inheritance of the
children of Israel
move from tribe
to tribe; for
the children of
Israel shall all
keep the
inheritance of the
tribe of
his fathers.
8 Every
daughter who possesses
an inheritance in
any tribe of
the children of
Israel shall
be wife to one
of the family
of the tribe
of her father,
that the children
of Israel may
each possess the
inheritance of
his fathers.
9 So
shall no
inheritance move
from one tribe
to another tribe;
for the tribes
of the children
of Israel
shall each keep
his own inheritance.’ ”
10 The
daughters of
Zelophehad did as
the LORD commanded
Moses:
11 for
Mahlah, Tirzah,
Hoglah, Milcah,
and Noah, the
daughters of
Zelophehad, were married
to their father’s
brothers’ sons.
12 They
were married into
the families of
the sons of
Manasseh the son
of Joseph. Their
inheritance remained
in the tribe
of the family
of their father.
13 These are
the commandments
and the ordinances
which the LORD
commanded by Moses
to the children
of Israel in
the plains of
Moab by the
Jordan at Jericho.