Numbers 36:1

And the heads of the tribe of the sons of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh, of the tribe of the sons of Joseph, drew near, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the heads of the houses of the families of the children of Israel:

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In The King James Version

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

In Context

2and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:1And the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, of the tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of Joseph, came near; and these were their names, Mahlah, and Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah;

Numbers 27:7And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,

1 Chronicles 7:14The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Gilead.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 36:1

We have in this chapter the determination of another question that arose upon the case of the daughters of Zelophehad. God had appointed that they should inherit, ch. xxvii. 7 . Now here, I. An inconvenience is suggested, in case they should marry into any other tribe, ver. 1-4 . II. It is prevented by a divine appointment that they should marry in their own tribe and family ( ver. 5-7 ), and this is settled for a rule in like cases ( ver. 8, 9 ); and they did marry accordingly to some of their own relations (… Read the whole commentary →

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