¹² And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.

¹⁵ And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

¹⁶ And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

³⁴ And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.

⁵ So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

⁵ So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.

⁶ This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

²³ If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.