Numbers 36:7

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel go about from tribe to tribe, for the children of Israel shall + 36:7 Gr. be cemented. See Mat. 19. 5; Acts 5. 26.steadfastly continue each in the inheritance of his family's tribe.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

In Context

6This is the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them + 36:6 Gr. be wives.marry where they please, only let them marry men of their father's tribe.

8And whatever daughter is heiress to a property of the tribes of the children of Israel, such women shall be married each to one of her father's tribe, that the sons of Israel may each inherit the property of his father's tribe.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:28And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.

1 Kings 21:3Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy children are mine.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 36:6-13

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. 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of… Read the whole commentary →

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