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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: 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. 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. 4 And when the jubile 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 10 Even
as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 For
Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad,
were married unto their fathers brothers sons: 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. 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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