Numbers 36

1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

2 saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

3 But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

4 And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

5 So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.

6 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

7 No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

9 No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.

12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

13 These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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 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.

1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, who was the son of Manasseh, of the family of the children of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes of the chief fathers of the children of Israel.

2 And they said: O Lord, the LORD commanded that the land should be given for an inheritance by lot unto the children of Israel: and thou, my lord, hast commanded by the LORD that the inheritance of Zelaphehad our brother should be given unto his daughters.

3 If any of the tribes of the children of Israel take them to be wives, the inheritance of our father shall be less; and as much as they have shall be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whither they come: so shall the lot of our inheritance be less.

4 And it shall come to pass, when the year of jubile of the children of Israel is come, that their inheritance shall be added unto the inheritance of the tribe where they are: so shall the inheritance of our father be less, as much as they have.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the commandment of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the children of Joseph hath spoken right.

6 This is the word which the LORD giveth unto the daughters of Zelaphehad, saying, Let them go free as they please, only that they may go free among the family of their father's tribe,

7 Lest the inheritance of the children of Israel fall from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall cleave to the inheritance of the tribe of his father.

8 And every daughter that hath an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel shall marry one of the seed of her father's tribe, that every one of the children of Israel may inherit his father's inheritance,

9 And let not the inheritance of one tribe fall upon another: but let every man cleave to his inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel.

10 As the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelaphehad,

11 Mahela, Thirza, Hagla, Milka, and Noa, and freed the children of their cousins,

12 Of the seed of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. So their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

13 These are the commandments and the statutes, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.