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Numbers 36:2-9

2 They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

3 Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.

4 When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our forefathers.”

5 Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.

6 This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.

7 No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.

8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”

Cross References for Numbers 36:2-9

Numbers 33:54 - Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritanc... Click to read the verse Numbers 33:54 Click to read the verse Numbers 33:54

Joshua 17:3-6 - Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no ... Click to read the verse Joshua 17:3-6 Click to read the verse Joshua 17:3-6

Numbers 32:27 - But your servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the Lord, just a... Click to read the verse Numbers 32:27 Click to read the verse Numbers 32:27

Numbers 26:55-56 - Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the ... Click to read the verse Numbers 26:55-56 Click to read the verse Numbers 26:55-56

Joshua 14:1-2 - Division of the Land West of the Jordan Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an i... Click to read the verse Joshua 14:1-2 Click to read the verse Joshua 14:1-2

Job 42:15 - Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their fathe... Click to read the verse Job 42:15 Click to read the verse Job 42:15

Joshua 13:6 - “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, a... Click to read the verse Joshua 13:6 Click to read the verse Joshua 13:6

Numbers 27:1-7 - Zelophehad’s Daughters The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of... Click to read the verse Numbers 27:1-7 Click to read the verse Numbers 27:1-7