Numbers 27:7 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 27:7

“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

BSB

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ASV

The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

KJV

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt surely give them - an inheritance among their father’s brethren - There is a curious anomaly here in the Hebrew text which cannot be seen in our translation. In Hebrew they, them, and their, you, ye, and your, are both of the masculine and feminine genders, according as the nouns are to which they are affixed; but these words are of no gender in English. In this verse, speaking of the brethren of the father of those women, the masculine termination הם hem, Their, is used instead of the feminine, הן hen, governed by בנות benoth, daughters.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It should seem, by the particular notice taken of it, that it was a singular case, and that the like did not at this time occur in all Israel, that the head of a family had no sons, but daughters only. Their case is again debated ( ch. xxxvi. ) upon another article of it; and, according to the judgments given in their case, we find them put in possession, Josh. xvii.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֵּ֗ן	Ken	right	H3651 →
בְּנ֣וֹת	be.Not	[the] daughters of	H1323 →
צְלָפְחָד֮	tze.la.fe.Chad	Zelophehad	H6765 →
דֹּבְרֹת֒	doe.Rot	[are] speaking	H1696 →
נָתֹ֨ן	na.Ton	certainly <to give>	H5414 →
תִּתֵּ֤ן	ti.Ten	you will give	H5414 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	to <the> them
אֲחֻזַּ֣ת	'a.chu.Zat	possession of	H272 →
נַחֲלָ֔ה	na.cha.Lah	an inheritance	H5159 →
בְּת֖וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in among	H8432 →
אֲחֵ֣י	'a.Chei	[the] brothers of	H251 →
אֲבִיהֶ֑ם	'a.vi.Hem	father their	H1 →
וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֛	ve.ha.'a.var.Ta	and you will make pass over	H5674 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַחֲלַ֥ת	na.cha.Lat	[the] inheritance of	H5159 →
אֲבִיהֶ֖ן	'a.vi.Hen	father their	H1 →
לָהֶֽן׃	la.Hen	to <the> them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
  The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Romans 3:29–30
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Romans 10:12–15
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Through
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
leads to
- Jeremiah 49:11
  Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Psalms 10:14
  But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Deuteronomy 10:18
  He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers