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Bamidbar 36

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36:1

The Final Laws of Tribal Inheritance

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manashah, of the families of the sons of Yusaph, came near, and spake before Mushah, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Yashar'al:
36:2
And they said, "𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 commanded my adun to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Yashar'al: and my adun was commanded by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters."
36:3
"And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Yashar'al, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance."
36:4
"And when the Yobel (Jubilee) of the children of Yashar'al 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."
36:5

The Decree to Preserve the Tribal Matrix

And Mushah commanded the children of Yashar'al according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Yusaph hath said well."
36:6
"This is the thing which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry."
36:7
"So shall not the inheritance of the children of Yashar'al remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Yashar'al shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers."
36:8
"And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Yashar'al, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Yashar'al may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers."
36:9
"Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Yashar'al shall keep himself to his own inheritance."
36:10

The Marriages of the Daughters of Zelophehad

Chawahn as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 commanded Mushah, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
36:11
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Nuach, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
36:12
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manashah the son of Yusaph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
36:13

The Conclusion of Bemidbar

These are the commandments and the judgments, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 commanded by the hand of Mushah unto the children of Yashar'al in the plains of Moab by Yardan near Yaricho.