Naboth answered, “By the Lord, I will never give my land to you. This land belongs to my family.”
Numbers 36:9 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version So the land must not be passed from tribe to tribe among the Israelites. Each Israelite will keep the land that belonged to their own ancestors.” 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.” 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that the tribes be not mingled one with another, but remain so |
Naboth answered, “By the Lord, I will never give my land to you. This land belongs to my family.”
In this way land will not be passed from tribe to tribe among the Israelites. Each Israelite will keep the land that belonged to their own ancestors.
And if a woman gets her father’s land, she must marry someone from her own tribe. That way everyone will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.
Then Joshua told the people to go home. So everyone went back to his own land.
My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.