Numbers 36:7
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| Overview - Numbers 36 | |
| 1 | The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters is remedied by marrying in their own tribes, |
| 7 | lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe. |
| 10 | The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers' sons. |
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Numbers 36:7 (King James Version)
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
- for every one
- That is, he shall not endeavour to obtain any part of the inheritance of another tribe by marrying an heiress.
- keep himself
- Hebrew cleave
- 9 ; 1 Kings 21:3