KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 36:6
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
WEB World English Bible
This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
ASV American Standard Version
This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
this is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, To those good in their eyes let them be for wives; only, to a family of the tribe of their fathers let them be for wives;
Surrounding context — Numbers 36
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.
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 his fathers.
8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from [one] tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
זֶ֣הH2088 · zehthisהַדָּבָ֞רH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֣הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלִבְנ֤וֹתH1323 · batdaughterצְלָפְחָד֙H6765 · tse.loph.chadZelophehadלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayלַטּ֥וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantבְּעֵינֵיהֶ֖םH5869 · a.yineyeתִּהְיֶ֣ינָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלְנָשִׁ֑יםH802 · ish.shahwomanאַ֗ךְH389 · akhsurelyלְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyמַטֵּ֥הH4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodאֲבִיהֶ֖םH1 · avfatherתִּהְיֶ֥ינָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלְנָשִֽׁים׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Numbers 36:12[And] they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:Genesis 24:57-58And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
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