Marriage of Female Heirs

Numbers 36

1 The heads of the fathers' houses of the clan of the q people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel. 2 They said, r "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and s my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. 3 But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when t the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."

5 And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, "The tribe of the people of Joseph u is right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, 'Let them marry whom they think best, v only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. 7 The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel w shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And x every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.'"

10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses, 11 y for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers. 12 They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's clan.

13 These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel z in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 26:29
    The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 26:55
    But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
    Numbers 33:54
    You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 27:1
    Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 27:7
    The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
    Joshua 17:3 - 4
    Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 27:7
    The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 36:12
    They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's clan.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 21:3
    But Naboth said to Ahab, "The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:22
    Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 27:1
    Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Joshua 17:3
    Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 22:1
    Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
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