Numbers 36

And the chief fathers 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 near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

The respected elders from Gilead's lineage, descendants of Machir, Manasseh, and Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders of Israel with a deep sense of reverence and anticipation.

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.

They expressed, "God instructed our leader to distribute the land among the children of Israel. He was also told by God to pass on our brother Zelophehad's inheritance to his daughters."

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 of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

If they marry someone from a different tribe, their inherited property will shift from our tribe to their spouse's tribe, reducing our tribe's overall inheritance.

And when the jubile 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.

When the Year of Jubilee comes for the people of Israel, their land will be added for good to the tribe they married into, and taken away from the inheritance of our fathers' tribe.

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

Moses, guided by God's wisdom, told the Israelites, "Joseph's descendants are right in their words."

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 family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

God instructs regarding Zelophehad's daughters, "Let them choose their own husbands, but they must marry within their father's tribe."

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

The legacy of Israel's children will not shift between tribes. Each child of Israel must honor and uphold the heritage of their forefathers' tribe.

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

Every woman who owns property among Israel's tribes should marry within her father's tribe. This way, each Israelite man can enjoy his ancestral inheritance.

Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

No one should take away the inheritance from one tribe to give it to another; each tribe of Israel's children must cherish and hold onto their own inheritance.

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

Just as God instructed Moses, so too did Zelophehad's daughters faithfully follow His commands, with obedience and reverence.

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

Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, were filled with joy and anticipation as they married their cousins, the sons of their father's brothers.

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.

They became part of Manasseh's family, Joseph's son, through marriage. Their heritage stayed within their father's tribe.

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.

These are the sacred rules and decisions that God, through Moses, gave to the people of Israel near Jericho, by the Jordan river in the flatlands of Moab.