Numbers 36:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ And if some woman gets her father’s land, then she must marry someone from her own family group. In this way, each person will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the Israelites shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the Israelites may each one possess the inheritance of his fathers.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Common English Bible

⁸ Every daughter who inherits land from an Israelite tribe must marry into one of the clans of her father’s tribe. In this way each Israelite will own the land of his ancestors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ and all women shall take husbands from their same tribe, so that the inheritance may remain within the families,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And all women shall take husbands of the same tribe: that the inheritance may remain in the families,

Numbers 36:8 Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:22

Eleazar died without having sons. He only had daughters. Eleazar’s daughters married their own relatives. Their relatives were Kish’s sons.

Numbers 36:9

So, the land must not be passed from family group to family group among the people of Israel. Each Israelite will keep the land that belonged to his own ancestors.”