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This is the word that Yahweh commanded the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry[a] whomever they like;[b] only they must marry[c] from within the clan of the tribe of their father. Thus an inheritance of the Israelites[d] will not go around from tribe to tribe. Rather, the inheritance of each tribe of his father will remain with the Israelites.[e] Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from the tribes of the Israelites[f] will marry[g] one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that the Israelites[h] will possess the inheritance of his ancestors.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 36:6 Literally “Let them be as wives”
  2. Numbers 36:6 Literally “they will be as the good in their eyes”
  3. Numbers 36:6 Literally “they must be as wives”
  4. Numbers 36:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Numbers 36:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Numbers 36:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Numbers 36:8 Literally “be a wife to”
  8. Numbers 36:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Numbers 36:8 Or “fathers”