Chapter summary

The leaders of the clan of Gilead approached Moses and the Israelite family heads to raise a concern regarding the inheritance of Zelophehad’s daughters if they married outside their tribe. They explained that such marriages would transfer the daughters' land to another tribe, especially during the Jubilee year, permanently reducing the portion of their ancestral tribe. In response to the word of the Lord, Moses commanded the Israelites that the daughters of Zelophehad were permitted to marry only within their father's tribal clan to prevent any inheritance from transferring between tribes. Consequently, Zelophehad's daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah—married their paternal cousins within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh, ensuring their inheritance remained within their father's tribe. These regulations were delivered by the Lord through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.

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