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Numbers 36:5-12 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5. Then the Lord gave a command to Moses. He told Moses to give an order to the people of Israel. Moses said, "What the tribe in the family line of Joseph is saying is right.

6. "Here is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad's daughters. They can get married to anyone they want to. But they have to get married to someone in their own family's tribe.

7. "Property in Israel must not pass from one tribe to another. Everyone in Israel must keep his family's share of his tribe's land.

8. "Suppose a daughter in any tribe of Israel receives land from her parents. Then she must get married to someone in her father's family and tribe. In that way, every family's share will remain in its family line in Israel.

9. "Property can't pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe of Israel must keep the land it receives."

10. So Zelophehad's daughters did just as the Lord commanded Moses.

11. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah. All of them got married to their cousins on their father's side.

12. They married men who were in the family line of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. So the land they received remained in their father's family and tribe.

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