Moses answered, "I must do this because the people come to me to learn God's will.

When two people have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide which one of them is right, and I tell them God's commands and laws."

If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out, and all these people can go home with their disputes settled."

Moses presented their case to the LORD,

So Moses gave the people of Israel the following command from the LORD. He said, "What the tribe of Manasseh says is right,

and so the LORD says that the daughters of Zelophehad are free to marry anyone they wish but only within their own tribe.