Numbers 36:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³But if they marry men from other tribes of Israel, the land they receive will become part of that tribe's inheritance and will no longer belong to us. ⁴Even when land is returned to its original owner in the Year of Celebration,^[a] we will not get back Zelophehad's land—it will belong to the tribe into which his daughters married.”

⁵So Moses told the people that the Lord had said:

These men from the Manasseh tribe are right.

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Footnotes

36.4 Year of Celebration: This was a sacred year for Israel, traditionally called the “Year of Jubilee.” During this year, all property had to go back to its original owner. But here, the property was not sold; it became part of the other tribe's land when the daughter who owned it married into that tribe. So the property could not be returned even during this year.