(A)Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. Thus no inheritance shall [a]be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each [b]hold to his own inheritance.”

10 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did:

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 36:9 Lit turn about
  2. Numbers 36:9 Lit cleave

Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan,(A) so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors. No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”

10 So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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