to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn,
Numbers 36:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the Jubilee comes for the Israelites, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn,
‘The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on my land. ,
‘You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to forty-nine.
If they marry any of the men from the other Israelite tribes, their inheritance will be taken away from our fathers’ inheritance and added to that of the tribe into which they marry. Therefore, part of our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the Lord, ‘What the tribe of Joseph’s descendants says is right.