Números 36:3

3 Sin embargo, si ellas se casan con hombres de otra tribu, llevarán consigo sus porciones de tierra a la tribu de los hombres con quienes se casen. De esa manera, el área total de la tierra de nuestra tribu se reducirá.

Números 36:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 36:3

And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes
of the children of Israel
Which was not an unreasonable supposition, and perhaps was judged very probable and likely, if some method was not taken to prevent it; which they might conclude from the application of some young men of the other tribes unto them:

then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our
fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto
they are received;
for the inheritance given unto them would of course, the above being the case, descend to their sons, and whose fathers being of other tribes, it would be fixed there:

so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance;
which gave them some concern; for though this was no personal injury to them, nor any detriment to their families and estates, yet, as it was a lessening of their tribe, they were uneasy at it; and the rather they might be, since half their tribe was to settle on that side Jordan, where they now were: and now all this, the suit of the daughters of Zelophehad for their father's inheritance, which was granted them, the address of young men to them as heiresses, the concern of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on this account; all this, I say, being before they entered into the land, or it was conquered by them, or divided to them by inheritance, show their strong faith and assurance that they should possess it.

Números 36:3 In-Context

1 Mujeres que heredan propiedad
Luego los jefes de los clanes de Galaad —descendientes de Maquir, hijo de Manasés, hijo de José— se presentaron ante Moisés y los líderes de las familias de Israel con una petición.

2 Dijeron a Moisés:
—El Señor
te dijo que repartieras la tierra entre el pueblo de Israel por sorteo sagrado. El Señor
te dijo que la porción de tierra que pertenece a nuestro hermano Zelofehad se la dieras a sus hijas.

3 Sin embargo, si ellas se casan con hombres de otra tribu, llevarán consigo sus porciones de tierra a la tribu de los hombres con quienes se casen. De esa manera, el área total de la tierra de nuestra tribu se reducirá.

4 Entonces cuando llegue el año de jubileo, esa porción de tierra se agregará a esa nueva tribu, y provocará que nuestra tribu patriarcal la pierda para siempre.

5 Así que Moisés les dio a los israelitas, de parte del Señor
, el siguiente mandato:
—El reclamo de los hombres de la tribu de José es legítimo.