Numbers 27:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 36:1-2 : 1 Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present, 2 And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.
  • Josh 17:4 : 4 And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 27:8-11
    4 verses
    87%

    8 And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.

    9 And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

    10 And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

    11 And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Num 27:4-6
    3 verses
    85%

    4 Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

    5 So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

    6 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 36:1-12
    12 verses
    84%

    1 Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

    2 And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

    3 Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

    4 And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

    5 So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.

    6 This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

    7 And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

    8 And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

    9 And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

    10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

    11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

    12 And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

  • Josh 17:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    4 And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

  • Num 27:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

    2 They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

  • Num 26:33
    76%

    33 And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • Josh 17:6
    74%

    6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.

  • Job 42:15
    70%

    15 And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

  • 1 Chr 7:15
    70%

    15 (And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.

  • Deut 18:2
    70%

    2 And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.

  • Num 33:54
    70%

    54 And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to any man his part, that will be his; distribution will be made to you by your fathers' tribes.

  • Exod 21:9
    69%

    9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16 But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

  • Num 26:53-54
    2 verses
    69%

    53 Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.

    54 To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.

  • Num 35:9
    69%

    9 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 7:3
    69%

    3 Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

  • Ezek 47:14
    69%

    14 And you are to make an equal division of it; as I gave my oath to your fathers to give it to you: for this land is to be your heritage.

  • Deut 18:8
    69%

    8 His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.

  • Num 34:29
    68%

    29 These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 34:13
    68%

    13 And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

  • Lev 27:1
    68%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Josh 13:29
    68%

    29 And Moses gave their heritage to the half-tribe of Manasseh by their families.

  • Josh 1:15
    68%

    15 Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.

  • Josh 14:3
    68%

    3 For Moses had given their heritage to the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no heritage among them.

  • Isa 34:17
    68%

    17 And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

  • Josh 13:7
    68%

    7 So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Num 32:30
    67%

    30 But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 34:2
    67%

    2 Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)

  • Josh 15:20
    67%

    20 This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.

  • 1 Chr 23:22
    67%

    22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

  • Num 34:16
    67%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses,