Numbers 36:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ {People might sell their land. But} in the Jubilee year, [393] all of the land is returned to the family group that really owns it. At that time, who will get the land that belongs to Zelophehad’s daughters? Will our family lose that land forever?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And when the Jubilee of the Israelites comes, then their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe to which they are received and belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from that of the tribe of our fathers.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

Common English Bible

⁴ At the Israelite Jubilee, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they married. Then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And so it may be that, when the Jubilee of remission, that is, the fiftieth year, has arrived, the distribution by lots shall be confounded, and the possession of the one shall be transferred to others."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And so it shall come to pass, that when the jubilee, that is, the fiftieth year of remission, is come, the distribution made by the lots shall be confounded: and the possession of the one shall pass to the others.

Numbers 36:4 Cross References

Isaiah 61:2

God sent me to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness. God sent me to announce the time when our God will punish evil people. God sent me to comfort sad people.

Leviticus 25:23

“The land really belongs to me. So you can’t really sell it permanently. You are only foreigners and travelers living {on my land} with me.

Leviticus 25:8

“You will also count seven groups of seven years. This will be 49 years. During that time, there will be seven years of rest for the land.

Numbers 36:3

Maybe a man from one of the other family groups will marry one of Zelophehad’s daughters. Will that land leave our family? Will the people of that other family group get that land? Will we lose the land that we got by throwing lots?

Numbers 36:5

Moses gave this command to the people of Israel. This command was from the Lord. “These men from Joseph’s family group are right!