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Victory Over Midian: Obedience And Judgment In Numbers 31

Numbers 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward, shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

Numbers 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

Numbers 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war,

Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

Numbers 31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

Numbers 31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

Numbers 31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Numbers 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

Numbers 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

Numbers 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Numbers 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

Numbers 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

Numbers 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Numbers 31:17 Now, therefore, kill every male among the little ones and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Numbers 31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

Numbers 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

Numbers 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Numbers 31:23 Everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless, it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

Numbers 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

Numbers 31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of the beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers ofthe congregation:

Numbers 31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Numbers 31:28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD ofthe men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

Numbers 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave offering ofthe LORD,

Numbers 31:30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge ofthe tabernacle of the LORD.

Numbers 31:32 And the booty, being the rest ofthe prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

Numbers 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

Numbers 31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,

Numbers 31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

Numbers 31:37 And the LORD’S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Numbers 31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and one.

Numbers 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.

Numbers 31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

Numbers 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

Numbers 31:44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,

Numbers 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

Numbers 31:46 And sixteen thousand persons;)

Numbers 31:47 Even ofthe children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of the beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle ofthe LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:48 1f And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Numbers 31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

Numbers 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

Numbers 31:52 And all the gold ofthe offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

Numbers 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

Numbers 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle ofthe congregation, a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

The Tribes Of Reuben And Gad: Settling East Of The Jordan In Numbers 32

Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Numbers 32:2 The children of Gad and the children Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes ofthe congregation, saying,

Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

Numbers 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Numbers 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

Numbers 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land.

Numbers 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

Numbers 32:10 And the LORD’S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

Numbers 32:11 Surely none ofthe men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

Numbers 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

Numbers 32:13 And the LORD’S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight ofthe LORD, was consumed.

Numbers 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger ofthe LORD toward Israel.

Numbers 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all these people.

Numbers 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Numbers 32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because ofthe inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:18 We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

Numbers 32:20 And Moses said unto them If ye will do this thing if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

Numbers 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

Numbers 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Numbers 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Numbers 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

Numbers 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

Numbers 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

Numbers 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Numbers 32:29 And Moses said unto them If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

Numbers 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Numbers 32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

Numbers 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

Numbers 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Numbers 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:36 And Beth-umrah, and Beth-Haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

Numbers 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Numbers 32:38 And Nebor and Baal-Meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built.

Numbers 32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.

Numbers 32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair

Numbers 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Israel’s Journey: Reflecting On God’s Faithfulness In Numbers 33

Numbers 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment ofthe LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

Numbers 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day ofthe first month; on the morrow, after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Numbers 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

Numbers 33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

Numbers 33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-haircloth, which is before Baal-siphon: and they pitched before Migdol.

Numbers 33:8 And they departed from before Pi-haircloth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

Numbers 33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

Numbers 33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

Numbers 33:11 And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Numbers 33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

Numbers 33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

Numbers 33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

Numbers 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Numbers 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

Numbers 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.

Numbers 33:20 And they departed from Rimmon-Parez, and pitched in Libnah.

Numbers 33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah

Numbers 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

Numbers 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

Numbers 33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.

Numbers 33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

Numbers 33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

Numbers 33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

Numbers 33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

Numbers 33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

Numbers 33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.

Numbers 33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.

Numbers 33:32 And they removed from Bene-jacket, and encamped at Hor-haggard.

Numbers 33:33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

Numbers 33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

Numbers 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.

Numbers 33:36 And they removed from Ezion-Gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

Numbers 33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

Numbers 33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

Numbers 33:41 And they departed from Mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

Numbers 33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

Numbers 33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

Numbers 33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.

Numbers 33:45 And they departed from lim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

Numbers 33:46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.

Numbers 33:47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

Numbers 33:48 And they departed from the mountains ofAbanin, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,

Numbers 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto AbeL-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Numbers 33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Numbers 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Numbers 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

Numbers 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer, ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Numbers 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Numbers 33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

Defining The Promised Land: God’s Sovereignty In Numbers 34

Numbers 34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Numbers 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

Numbers 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go onto Hazar-adder, and pass on to Azmon:

Numbers 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Numbers 34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Numbers 34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

Numbers 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath, and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

Numbers 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-Enan to Shepham:

Numbers 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Numbers 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

Numbers 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

Numbers 34:14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh has received their inheritance:

Numbers 34:15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of  Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun rising.

Numbers 34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Numbers 34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son ofJephunneh.

Numbers 34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son ofAmmihud.

Numbers 34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

Numbers 34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

Numbers 34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son ofShiphtan.

Numbers 34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

Numbers 34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

Numbers 34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son ofShelomi.

Numbers 34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

Numbers 34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Cities Of Refuge: Justice And Mercy In Numbers 35

Numbers 35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Numbers 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall also give unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Numbers 35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Numbers 35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Numbers 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them, ye shall add forty and two cities.

Numbers 35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

Numbers 35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherited.

Numbers 35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Numbers 35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer dies not until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

Numbers 35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Numbers 35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that everyone that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

Numbers 35:16 And if he smites him with an instrument of iron so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:18 Or if he smite him with a hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

Numbers 35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

Numbers 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him.

Numbers 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without laying of wait,

Numbers 35:23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Numbers 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

Numbers 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death ofthe high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

Numbers 35:27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

Numbers 35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Numbers 35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

Numbers 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Numbers 35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for  the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

The Daughters Of Zelophehad: Preserving Inheritance And Unity In Numbers 36

Numbers 36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, b of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

Numbers 36:2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

Numbers 36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance ofthe tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance,

Numbers 36:4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

Numbers 36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word ofthe LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

Numbers 36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the

Numbers 36: Family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Numbers 36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the families of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Numbers 36:9 Neither shall the inheritance be removed from one tribe to another tribe, but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

Numbers 36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

Numbers 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:

Numbers 36:12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

Numbers 36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.