Numbers - 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 - :

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 - .