1The heads of the fathers' households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' households of the children of Israel:

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Numbers 27:1, Numbers 27:1, 1 Chronicles 7:14, 1 Chronicles 7:16, Joshua 17:2

2and they said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

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Numbers 27:1, Numbers 27:7, Numbers 33:54, Joshua 17:3, Joshua 17:6

3If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

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4When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."

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Isaiah 61:2, Leviticus 25:10, Leviticus 25:18, Leviticus 25:23, Isaiah 61:2

5Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.

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Numbers 27:7, Numbers 27:7, Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 5:28

6This is the thing which the Lord does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.

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Numbers 36:12, Numbers 36:12, 2 Corinthians 6:14, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Genesis 24:3

7So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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1 Kings 21:3, 1 Kings 21:3, Numbers 36:9, Numbers 36:9

8Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

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1 Chronicles 23:22, 1 Chronicles 23:22

9So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance."

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10The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses:

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Matthew 28:20, Exodus 39:42, Exodus 39:43, Leviticus 24:23, 2 Chronicles 30:12

11for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.

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Numbers 27:1, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 26:33, Numbers 26:33

12They 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.

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13These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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Leviticus 27:34, Leviticus 27:34, Numbers 22:1, Numbers 22:1, Leviticus 11:46