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Numbers 36 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Num 36:1

Num 36:1Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

Num 36:2

Num 36:2And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

Num 36:3

Num 36:3Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

Num 36:4

Num 36:4And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

Num 36:5

Num 36:5So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.

Num 36:6

Num 36:6This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

Num 36:7

Num 36:7And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

Num 36:8

Num 36:8And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

Num 36:9

Num 36:9And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

Num 36:10

Num 36:10So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

Num 36:11

Num 36:11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

Num 36:12

Num 36:12And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

Num 36:13

Num 36:13These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.
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