NU-36:1  And the chief fathers of the families of the children

of Gilead, the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons

of Joseph,

came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the

chief fathers

of the children of Israel:

NU-36:2  And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the

land for an

inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was

commanded by the

LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his

daughters.

NU-36:3  And if they be married to any of the sons of the

[other] tribes of

the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken

from the

inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance

of the tribe

whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot

of our

inheritance.

NU-36:4  And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be,

 then shall

their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe

whereunto they are

received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the

inheritance of the

tribe of our fathers.

NU-36:5  And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to

the word of

the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

NU-36:6  This [is] the thing which the LORD doth command

concerning the

daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they

think best; only

to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

NU-36:7  So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel

remove from

tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall

keep himself to

the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

NU-36:8  And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in

any tribe of

the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of

the tribe of

her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the

inheritance of

his fathers.

NU-36:9  Neither shall the inheritance remove from [one] tribe

to another

tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel

shall keep

himself to his own inheritance.

NU-36:10  Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters

of

Zelophehad:

NU-36:11  For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah,

the daughters

of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

NU-36:12  [And] they were married into the families of the sons

of Manasseh

the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe

of the family

of their father.

NU-36:13  These [are] the commandments and the judgments, which

the LORD

commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in

the plains of

Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.

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