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Numbers 36

Numbers 36:4

Zelophehad’s Daughters Marry · Numbers 36:1–13
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Translations

Modern
And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
Traditional
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Literal
And if it is the Jubilee of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe that they marry into, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers their inheritance shall be withdrawn.”
Latin
Atque ita fiet, ut cum jubilæus, id est, quinquagesimus annus remissionis advenerit, confundatur sortium distributio, et aliorum possessio ad alios transeat.

Original

Hebrew
English
And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

Notes

Numbers 36:1–4

Women who inherited land might marry men from another tribe. Their land would then be lost by their ancestral tribe and transferred to their husband’s tribe.

The "Year of Jubilee" usually allowed land to return to its original owner (Leviticus 25:8–55). But it only applied to land sold, not land gained through marriage.

Numbers 36:1–13

The five daughters of Zelophehad requested and received fair property rights (27:1–11). This passage discusses the effects of that decision.

Parallels

Numbers 27:1–11

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Arabah Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy of Jesus Christ Heir Inheritance Joshua, Book of Noah Numbers, Book of

Topics

Heir: General Scriptures Concerning Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Return to the Plains of Moab: The Law of Female Inheritance Settled Jubilee: Laws Concerning Land: Sale and Redemption of, Laws Concerning Land: Unmarried Woman's Rights In Milcah: Daughter of Zelophehad: Special Legislation in Regard to the Inheritance of Petition: Israel Property in Real Estate: Entail of The Tribes of Israel: All Inheritance to Remain in the Tribe and Family to Which