Numbers:36:1-12

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* And there came near the chiefs of the divisions of the family of the children of Gil ’ad , the son of Machir , the son of Menasseh , of the families of the sons of Joseph ; and they spoke before Moses , and before the princes , the chiefs of the divisions of the children of Israel ; * And they said , the Lord hath commanded my Lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel ; and my Lord hath been commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters . * And if they become the wives of any of the sons of the tribes of the children of Israel : then will their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers , and be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereamong they may be married ; and from the lot of our inheritance will it be taken away . * And whenever the jubilee shall be to the children of Israel : then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereamong they may be married ; and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers will their inheritance be taken away . * And Moses commanded the children of Israel by the order of the Lord , saying , the tribe of the sons of Joseph have spoken well . * This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad , saying , To those who are pleasing in their eyes may they become wives ; however only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they become wives . * And the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not pass from tribe to tribe ; but the children of Israel shall adhere every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers . * And every daughter that inheriteth any possession out of any tribe of the children of Israel , shall become the wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father ; in order that the children of Israel may inherit every one the inheritance of his fathers . * And no inheritance shall pass from one tribe to another tribe ; but the tribes of the children of Israel shall adhere , every one , to his own inheritance . * Even as the Lord had commanded Moses , so did the daughters of Zelophehad ; * And Machlah , Tirzah , and Choglah , and Milcah , and No ’ah , the daughters of Zelophehad became the wives of the sons of their uncles . * of the families of the sons of Menasseh the son of Joseph did they become wives , and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father .

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