“The daughters of Zelophehad are right. They should share the land with their father’s brothers. So give them the land that you would have given to their father.
Numbers 36:5 - Easy To Read Version Moses gave this command to the people of Israel. This command was from the Lord. “These men from Joseph’s family group are right! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph is right. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. Common English Bible Then Moses commanded the Israelites according to the LORD’s word: “The tribe of Joseph’s descendants are correct in what they’re saying. Catholic Public Domain Version Moses answered the sons of Israel, and, at the instruction of the Lord, he said: "The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken correctly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses answered the children of Israel, and said by the command of the Lord: The tribe of the children of Joseph hath spoken rightly. |
“The daughters of Zelophehad are right. They should share the land with their father’s brothers. So give them the land that you would have given to their father.
{People might sell their land. But} in the Jubilee year, [393] all of the land is returned to the family group that really owns it. At that time, who will get the land that belongs to Zelophehad’s daughters? Will our family lose that land forever?”
This is the Lord’s command to Zelophehad’s daughters: If you want to marry someone, then you must marry someone from your own family group.
“The Lord heard what you said. And the Lord said to me, ‘I heard what the people said. And that is fine.