[1] Now the heads 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 to
Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being
present, [2] And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution
of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was
ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his
daughters. [3] Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes
of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the
heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into
which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the
heritage of our tribe. [4] And at the time of the Jubilee of the children
of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of
which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe
of our fathers. [5] So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to
the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have
said is right. [6] This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of
Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most
pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe. [7]
And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of
Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of
his father's tribe. [8] And every daughter owning property in any tribe of
the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her
father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the
heritage of his fathers. [9] And no property will be handed from one tribe
to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its
heritage. [10] So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders
to Moses: [11] For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the
daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's
brothers: [12] And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh,
the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their
father's family [13] These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave
to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at
Jericho.
