15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because ^zthe people come to me to inquire of God; 16 ^awhen they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I ^bmake them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

5 Moses ^cbrought their case before the Lord.

5 And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph ^uis right. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, ^vonly they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father.