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Chapter 36

Inheritance Through Marriage

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{The leaders}[note: Literally "The heads"] of the families[note: Or "fathers"] of the clans of descendants[note: Or "sons"] of Gilead the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, of the clans of the descendants[note: Or "sons"] of Joseph came near and spoke {before}[note: Literally "before the face of"] Moses and {before}[note: Literally "before the face of"] {the leaders}[note: Literally "the heads"] of the families[note: Hebrew "of the fathers"] of the {Israelites}.[note: Literally "sons/children of Israel"]
And they said, "Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land by lot as an inheritance to the {Israelites},[note: Literally "sons/children of Israel"] and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.