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Marriage of Female Heirs

1 Now the chief fathers of the families of the achildren of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and bspoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel.  
2 And they said: a“The Lord commanded my lord Moses to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and bmy lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.  
3 Now if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be ataken from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.  
4 And when athe Jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”  
5 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: a“What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right.  
6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, abut they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’  
7 So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall akeep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.  
Book Notes:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers

NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the first through the tenth chapters, appears to be a supplement to Leviticus, being occupied with relating the appointment of the Levites to the sacred offices. The journal of the march through the wilderness is then given as far as Numbers 21:20; after which the early incidents of the invasion are narrated. One direct quotation only from this book (Numbers 16:5) is made in the New Testament (II Timothy 2:19); but indirect references to it by the later sacred writers are very numerous.

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