Moses replied to his father-in-law,“ Because the people come to me to inquire of God.Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.”
So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the Lord,“ What the tribe of Joseph’s descendants says is right.This is what the Lord has commanded concerning Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they like provided they marry within a clan of their ancestral tribe.