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The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 36:10 Meaning and Commentary
Numbers 36:10
Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. ] They married into, the family of their father's tribe, according to the following account.
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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 their ancestors.
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No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”
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So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side.
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They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.