And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

"When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws."

"If you do this thing, and God [so] commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace."

So Moses brought their case before the LORD.

Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying: "What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right.

"This [is] what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, 'Let them marry whom they think best, but they may marry only within the family of their father's tribe.'