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Verse 1

And the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of the family{H4940} of the children{H1121} of Gilead,{H1568} the son{H1121} of Machir,{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh,{H4519} of the families{H4940} of the sons{H1121} of Joseph,{H3130} came near,{H7126} and spake{H1696} before{H6440} Moses,{H4872} and before{H6440} the princes,{H5387} the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478}

Verse 2

and they said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} my lord{H3068} to give{H5414} the land{H776} for inheritance{H5159} by lot{H1486} to the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} and my lord{H113} was commanded{H6680} by Jehovah{H113} to give{H5414} the inheritance{H5159} of Zelophehad{H6765} our brother{H251} unto his daughters.{H1323}

Verse 3

And if they be married{H802} to any{H259} of the sons{H1121} of the [other] tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} then will their inheritance{H5159} be taken{H1639} away from the inheritance{H5159} of our fathers,{H1} and will be added{H3254} to the inheritance{H5159} of the tribe{H4294} whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken{H1639} away from the lot{H1486} of our inheritance.{H5159}

Verse 4

And when the jubilee{H3104} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall be, then will their inheritance{H5159} be added{H3254} unto the inheritance{H5159} of the tribe{H4294} whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance{H5159} be taken away{H1639} from the inheritance{H5159} of the tribe{H4294} of our fathers.{H1}

Verse 5

And Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} according to the word{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} The tribe{H4294} of the sons{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} speaketh{H1696} right.

Verse 6

This is the thing{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} doth command{H6680} concerning the daughters{H1323} of Zelophehad,{H6765} saying,{H559} Let them be married{H802} to whom they think{H5869} best;{H2896} only into the family{H4940} of the tribe{H4294} of their father{H1} shall they be married.{H802}

Verse 7

So shall no inheritance{H5159} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} remove{H5437} from tribe{H4294} to tribe;{H4294} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall cleave{H1692} every one{H376} to the inheritance{H5159} of the tribe{H4294} of his fathers.{H1}

Verse 8

And every daughter,{H1323} that possesseth{H3423} an inheritance{H5159} in any tribe{H4294} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} shall be wife{H802} unto one{H259} of the family{H4940} of the tribe{H4294} of her father,{H1} that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} may possess{H3423} every man{H376} the inheritance{H5159} of his fathers.{H1}

Verse 9

So shall no inheritance{H5159} remove{H5437} from one tribe{H4294} to another{H312} tribe;{H4294} for the tribes{H4294} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall cleave{H1692} every one{H376} to his own inheritance.{H5159}

Verse 10

Even as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses,{H4872} so did{H6213} the daughters{H1323} of Zelophehad:{H6765}

Verse 11

for Mahlah,{H4244} Tirzah,{H8656} and Hoglah,{H2295} and Milcah,{H4435} and Noah,{H5270} the daughters{H1323} of Zelophehad,{H6765} were married{H802} unto their father's{H1730} brothers' sons.{H1121}

Verse 12

They were married{H802} into the families{H4940} of the sons{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} the son{H1121} of Joseph;{H3130} and their inheritance{H5159} remained in the tribe{H4294} of the family{H4940} of their father.{H1}

Verse 13

These are the commandments{H4687} and the ordinances{H4941} which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} by{H3027} Moses{H4872} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in the plains{H6160} of Moab{H4124} by the Jordan{H3383} at Jericho.{H3405}

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