Bible Verses

This is the Lord’s decision for the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry whom they please, but they must marry into a clan of their father’s tribe.

Moses gave the following ruling to the people of Israel at the Lord’s command. He said: “The tribe of Joseph is right.

And when the jubilee year comes, the property of these women will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong and lost to the inheritance of our own tribe.”

Now, if they marry someone from another tribe in Israel, their property will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers. The property of the tribe to which they will belong will be increased, while the property given to us will be decreased.

and said: “The Lord has commanded you to give the land to the people of Israel, sharing it out by drawing lots; and the Lord has commanded you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

Inheritance of Women Then the heads of families in the clan of Gilead, son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, came forward. They spoke before Moses and the heads of the families of Israel

You must not defile the land you live in, where I live; for I, the Lord, live among the people of Israel.”

You must not defile the land you live in. Murder defiles the land, and there is no other atonement for the land where blood has been shed than through the blood of the murderer.

Nor are you to accept payment from anyone who wishes to leave his city of refuge to return and live in his own home before the death of the high priest.