Numbers 36:4

God's Word

When the Israelites’ jubilee year comes, their land will be added to that of the tribe they married into. Then part of the land of our ancestors’ tribe will be gone.”

Cross References

Isaiah 61:2

⌞He has sent me⌟ to announce the year of the Lord’s good will and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all those who grieve.

Leviticus 25:23

“Land must never be sold permanently, because the land is mine. To me you are strangers without permanent homes.

Leviticus 25:8

“Count seven of these years seven times for a total of 49 years.

Numbers 36:3

Suppose they marry men from the other tribes of Israel. Their land will be taken away from that of our ancestors and added to the land of the tribe they marry into. Then we will have lost part of our land.

Numbers 36:5

So Moses gave the Israelites a command from the Lord. “The tribe of Joseph’s descendants is right.