Numbers 36:1-9

Numbers 36:1-9

[1] 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  [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  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.