Numbers 36:5

Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel, at the bidding of Yahweh saying,—A right thing, are, the tribe of the sons of Joseph, speaking,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And when the jubilee shall come to the sons of Israel, then shall their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall be received—and, out of the, inheritance of the tribe of our fathers, shall their inheritance disappear.

6This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, as to the daughters of Zelophehad saying: Unto whomsoever it may be good in their eyes, let them become wives,—save only unto the family of the tribe of their father, let them become wives.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:7A right thing, are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking: Thou shalt, surely give, them a possession for an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father,—and shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass over unto them.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 36:2-5

The Law of Inheritance. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 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: 2 And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if… Read the whole commentary →

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