Numbers 36:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ “And every daughter possessing an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Yisra’ĕl is to be the wife of one of the clan of her father’s tribe, so that the children of Yisra’ĕl possess each the inheritance of his fathers.

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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

And El‛azar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And their brothers, the sons of Qish, took them.

Numbers 36:9

“Thus the inheritance is not to change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Yisra’ĕl is to cling to its own inheritance.”