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Numbers 36:3-5
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3 Now if they should be married to one of the men[a] from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry.[b] As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place,[c] their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”[d]

Moses’ Decision

5 Then Moses gave a ruling[e] to the Israelites by the word[f] of the Lord: “What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 36:3 tn “Men” is understood; it says “to one from the sons of the tribes of the Israelites for a wife,” or if he has her for a wife.
  2. Numbers 36:3 tn Heb “which they will be to them,” meaning, to those who have them, i.e., the marriages.
  3. Numbers 36:4 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is most often translated “to be,” but it can also mean “to happen, to take place, to come to pass,” etc.
  4. Numbers 36:4 tn Heb “the tribe of our fathers.”
  5. Numbers 36:5 tn Heb “commanded.”
  6. Numbers 36:5 tn Heb “mouth.”
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Numbers 36:3-5
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3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

4 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.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

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