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death penalty. Moreover you shall take no from tribe to tribe, for every one of the chil-
ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty dren of Israel shall keep the inheritance of the
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of death, but he shall surely be put to death. tribe of his fathers. And every daughter who
32 And you shall take no ransom for him who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the
has fled to his city of refuge, that he may children of Israel shall be the wife of one of
return to dwell in the land before the death of the family of her father’s tribe, so that the chil-
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the priest. So you shall not pollute the land dren of Israel each may possess the inheri-
where you are; for blood defiles the land, and tance of his fathers. Thus no inheritance shall
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no atonement can be made for the land, for the change hands from one tribe to another, but
blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep
him who shed it. Therefore do not defile the its own inheritance.”
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10 Just as the LORD commanded Moses, so
did the daughters of Zelophehad; 11 for
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah,
35:33 blood defiles the land. Though mur- the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to
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der and inadvertent killing polluted the land, the sons of their father’s brothers. They were
murder was atoned for by the death of the married into the families of the children of
murderer. Failure to observe these principles Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheri-
would make the land unclean. If the whole tance remained in the tribe of their father’s
land became unclean,then the Lord would no family.
longer be able to dwell in their midst. 13 These are the commandments and the judg-
ments which the LORD commanded the chil-
dren of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains
land which you inhabit, in the midst of which of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
I dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the chil- Psalm 35:17–28
dren of Israel.’ ”
Now the chief fathers of the families of 17 Lord, how long will You look on?
36 the children of Gilead the son of Rescue me from their destructions,
Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families My precious life from the lions.
of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke 18 I will give You thanks in the great
before Moses and before the leaders, the chief assembly;
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fathers of the children of Israel. And they I will praise You among many people.
said: “The LORD commanded my lord Moses to 19 Let them not rejoice over me who are
give the land as an inheritance by lot to the wrongfully my enemies;
children of Israel, and my lord was command- Nor let them wink with the eye who
ed by the LORD to give the inheritance of our hate me without a cause.
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brother Zelophehad to his daughters. Now if 20
they are married to any of the sons of the other For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
tribes of the children of Israel, then their Against the quiet ones in the land.
inheritance will be taken from the inheritance 21 They also opened their mouth wide
of our fathers, and it will be added to the inher- against me,
itance of the tribe into which they marry; so it And said, “Aha, aha!
will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
4 And when the Jubilee of the children of Israel Our eyes have seen it.”
comes, then their inheritance will be added to 22 This You have seen, O LORD;
the inheritance of the tribe into which they Do not keep silence.
marry; so their inheritance will be taken away O Lord, do not be far from me.
from the inheritance of the tribe of our
fathers.”
5 Then Moses commanded the children of
Israel according to the word of the LORD, say-
ing: “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph 35:21,22 Our eyes have seen it.This you have
speaks is right. This is what the LORD com- seen, O LORD. What David’s enemy allegedly
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mands concerning the daughters of Zelophe- saw, the Lord has seen perfectly. David knew
had, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think that his God would vindicate him based upon
best, but they may marry only within the fam- the true evidence, all in his favor.
ily of their father’s tribe.’ So the inheritance of
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