| Chapter 36
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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:
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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 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. |
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| 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: |
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| For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's 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. |
