Numbers 36:10
in Numbers 36So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
KJV
Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
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This verse in Numbers 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Here was an instance of progressive legislation (see also Ex 18:27) in Israel, the enactments made being suggested by circumstances. But it is deserving of special notice that those additions to, or modifications of, the law were confined to civil affairs; while the slightest change was inadmissible in the laws relating to worship or the maintenance of religion.
This site's exposition
Even as the Lord commanded Moses
on Numbers 36:10-12
The five sisters are named for the third time in the book, and the order differs from 26:33 and 27:1 because Tirzah and Noah trade places. Gill reports the older explanations, Aben Ezra taking this order as the order of their marriages and Jarchi taking the variation as a sign that none of the five was preferred above another. They marry their father's brothers' sons, first cousins inside the family of Hepher, and Joshua 17:3-6 records the same women receiving their portion when Canaan is actually divided.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The world is wide, and he that walks uprightly will endeavour to walk surely. The conclusion of this whole book, referring to the latter part of it: These are the judgments which the Lord commanded in the plains of Moab (
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Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. They married into, the family of their father's tribe, according to the following account.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Exactly as Adonoy commanded Moshe, so did Tzelofchad’s daughters.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֥ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשׂ֖וּ | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּנ֥וֹת | benot | [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| צְלָפְחָֽד׃ | tzelafechad | Zelophehad | H6765 → | 11 times |
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
כֵּ֥ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
עָשׂ֖וּthey did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
בְּנ֥וֹת[the] daughters of
benotH1323 →588 times
צְלָפְחָֽד׃Zelophehad
tzelafechadH6765 →11 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Acts 18:9–10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- John 14:18–23
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- Psalms 46:7
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isaiah 41:10
Through
2 Chronicles 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Jeremiah 32:39
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.