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Then Moses commanded the Israelites[a] by the command of Yahweh, saying, “The tribe of the descendants[b] of Joseph is right regarding what they are speaking. This is the word that Yahweh commanded the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry[c] whomever they like;[d] only they must marry[e] from within the clan of the tribe of their father. Thus an inheritance of the Israelites[f] will not go around from tribe to tribe. Rather, the inheritance of each tribe of his father will remain with the Israelites.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 36:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 36:5 Or “sons”
  3. Numbers 36:6 Literally “Let them be as wives”
  4. Numbers 36:6 Literally “they will be as the good in their eyes”
  5. Numbers 36:6 Literally “they must be as wives”
  6. Numbers 36:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Numbers 36:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

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. No inheritance(A) in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors.

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