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Then Moses told the people of Israel what the Lord said. He said, “The family group of the sons of Joseph are right in what they say. This is what the Lord has said about the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best. Only they must marry within the family group of their father.’ This way no land of the people of Israel will go from one family group to another. The people of Israel will each hold to the land of the family group of his fathers.

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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. 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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