Numbers 36:8
6 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
7 No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
9 No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
- KJV
- And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
- WEB
- Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
- ASV
- And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
- DARBY
- And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every one the inheritance of his fathers,
- BLB
- And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be a wife of one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel will have a possession, a man the inheritance of his fathers.
- ÅB
- Og enhver datter i Israels barns stammer som får arv, skal gifte seg med en mann av sin fedrenestammes slekt, for at Israels barn kan arve hver sine fedres arv,
- OTB
- Hver datter som arver land i noen israelittisk stamme må gifte seg med noen fra sin fars stammefamilie, slik at hver israelitt kan beholde arven til sine forfedre.
- B1930
- Og enhver datter i Israels barns stammer som får arv, skal gifte sig med en mann av sin fedrenestammes ætt, forat Israels barn kan arve hver sine fedres arv,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 23:22
Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
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