Naboth responded to him, "May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers."
Numbers 36:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version and so that the tribes may not be mingled together, but may remain such as they were separated by the Lord." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So shall no inheritance be transferred from one tribe to another, but each of the tribes of the Israelites shall cling to its own inheritance. American Standard Version (1901) So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance. Common English Bible An inheritance of land may not be transferred from one tribe to another, for the Israelite tribes will each retain its own inheritance.” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that the tribes be not mingled one with another, but remain so English Standard Version 2016 So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’” |
Naboth responded to him, "May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers."
lest the possession of the sons of Israel become commingled, from tribe to tribe. For all men shall take wives from their own tribe and kinship;
and all women shall take husbands from their same tribe, so that the inheritance may remain within the families,
Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king, to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let him make the sacrifice fragrant. But if the sons of men have done so, they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve strange gods.'