15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because (A)the people come to me to inquire of God; 16 (B)when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I (C)make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

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15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.(A) 16 Whenever they have a dispute,(B) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(C)

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Moses (A)brought their case before the Lord.

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So Moses brought their case(A) before the Lord,(B)

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And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph (A)is right. This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, (B)only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father.

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Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right. This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan.

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