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Numbers 36:8

in Numbers 36

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

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This verse in Numbers 36

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Every daughter that possesseth an inheritance - This law affected none but heiresses; all others were at liberty to marry into any of the other tribes. The priests and Levites, who could have no inheritance, were exempt from the operation of this law. Jehoiada had the king of Judah’s daughter to wife, 2Ch 22:

This site's exposition

So shall not the inheritance of the children

on Numbers 36:7-9

The case of one family becomes a standing law for every heiress in Israel, and verses 7 and 9 state the same principle twice in almost the same words. The tribal map drawn by lot at 26:55 is meant to hold, so each tribe keeps to the inheritance of its fathers. John Gill and John Wesley both read a further purpose in the law, that tribe and family stay traceable so the descent of the Messiah could be identified when he came, and Eusebius argues Mary's tribe from Joseph's on the same ground in his Ecclesiastical History. The reading belongs to those writers, since the reason Numbers gives is that every man may enjoy the inheritance of his fathers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And the principal reason why God was solicitous to preserve tribes and families unmixed was, that the tribe and family too, out of which the Messiah was to come, and by which he should be known, might be evident and unquestionable.
And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe if the children of Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְכָל־and every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • בַּ֞תdaughter

    batH1323 →588 times

  • יֹרֶ֣שֶׁת[who] possesses

    yoreshetH3423 →231 times

  • נַחֲלָ֗הan inheritance

    nachalahH5159 →222 times

  • מִמַּטּוֹת֮from [the] tribes of

    mimatotH4294 →252 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לְאֶחָ֗דto one

    leechadH259 →971 times

  • מִמִּשְׁפַּ֛חַתof [the] clan of

    mimishpachatH4940 →303 times

  • מַטֵּ֥ה[the] tribe of

    matehH4294 →252 times

  • אָבִ֖יהָfather her

    ʾavihaH1 →1212 times

  • תִּהְיֶ֣הshe will belong

    tihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לְאִשָּׁ֑הto a wife

    leishahH802 →781 times

  • לְמַ֗עַןso that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • יִֽירְשׁוּ֙they may possess

    yireshuH3423 →231 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אִ֖ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • נַחֲלַ֥ת[the] inheritance of

    nachalatH5159 →222 times

  • אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ancestors his

    ʾavotavH1 →1212 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 23:22The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.5 works

The walk

2 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 23:22

    The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 24:28

      From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

    • Numbers 36:6–8

      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.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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