36 And the chief fathers
of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before
Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 2 And they said, The LORD commanded my
lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel:
and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad
our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the
sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance
be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance
of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the
lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubile of the children of
Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance
of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be
taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel
according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph
hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth
command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to
whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall
they marry.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the
children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children
of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth
an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto
one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel
may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove
from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children
of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses,
so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and
Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their
fathers brothers' sons: 12 And they were married into the families
of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained
in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the
judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children
of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.