So Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side of the family.
Numbers 36:12 - Easy To Read Version Their husbands were from Manasseh’s family group, so their land continued to belong to their father’s family and family group. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They married into the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They married into the clan of Manasseh, Joseph’s son. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s clan. Catholic Public Domain Version from the family of Manasseh, who was a son of Joseph. And the possession which had been distributed to them remained in the tribe and family of their father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the family of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph. And the possession that had been allotted to them remained in the tribe and family of their father. |
So Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side of the family.
So those are the laws and commands that the Lord gave to Moses in the Jordan Valley in Moab by the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
This is the Lord’s command to Zelophehad’s daughters: If you want to marry someone, then you must marry someone from your own family group.
The family group of Joseph spoke to Joshua and said, “You gave us only one area of land. But we are many people. Why did you only give us one part of all the land that the Lord gave his people?”