‘What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
Numbers 36:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the Lord, ‘What the tribe of Joseph’s descendants says is right. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph is right. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. Common English Bible Then Moses commanded the Israelites according to the LORD’s word: “The tribe of Joseph’s descendants are correct in what they’re saying. Catholic Public Domain Version Moses answered the sons of Israel, and, at the instruction of the Lord, he said: "The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken correctly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses answered the children of Israel, and said by the command of the Lord: The tribe of the children of Joseph hath spoken rightly. |
‘What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
When the Jubilee comes for the Israelites, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.’
This is what the Lord has commanded concerning Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they like provided they marry within a clan of their ancestral tribe.
‘The Lord heard your words when you spoke to me. He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. Everything they have said is right.