Numbers 27:8

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Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and has no son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

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  • Num 27:9-11
    3 verses
    89%

    9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

    11If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 27:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6And the LORD said to Moses:

    7The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

  • Num 36:6-12
    7 verses
    79%

    6'This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: They may marry whomever is good in their eyes, but they must marry someone within a clan of their father’s tribe.'

    7'Thus, no inheritance of the Israelites will transfer from one tribe to another, for each Israelite is to cling to the inheritance of their ancestral tribe.'

    8'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'

    9'No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to retain its inheritance.'

    10The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses.

    11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married their cousins.

    12They married into the clans of the descendants of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

  • Num 36:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1The leaders of the ancestral families from the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of the sons of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders, the chiefs of the ancestral families of the Israelites.

    2They said, 'My lord, the LORD commanded to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.'

    3'Now, if they marry someone from a different tribe of the Israelites, their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Thus, their inheritance will be removed from the lot of our inheritance.'

    4'And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are married and will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.'

  • Exod 21:9
    74%

    9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

  • Josh 17:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.' So, in accordance with the LORD's command, they were given an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • Num 27:4
    73%

    4Why should our father’s name be removed from among his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.

  • Josh 17:6
    73%

    6For the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

  • Num 27:1
    73%

    1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came forward. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5If brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the dead man's wife must not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

    6The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of Israel.

    7But if the man does not wish to marry his brother's widow, she shall go to the elders at the city gate and say, 'My brother-in-law is refusing to perform his duty to preserve his brother's name in Israel. He is unwilling to marry me.'

  • 1 Chr 23:22
    70%

    22Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

  • Deut 18:8
    70%

    8They shall share equally in their meals, regardless of the income from their family possessions.

  • Matt 22:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24saying, 'Teacher, Moses said: If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.'

    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • Num 26:33
    70%

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

  • Num 30:16
    70%

    16If he annuls them after he hears of them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.

  • Luke 20:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28'Teacher,' they said, 'Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but has no children, the man should marry the widow to raise up offspring for his brother.'

    29Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died childless.

  • Deut 7:3
    69%

    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Num 33:54
    69%

    54You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.

  • Num 26:54
    69%

    54Increase the inheritance for a larger group and decrease it for a smaller group; each person’s inheritance is to be given according to the number of those registered in his group.

  • Exod 21:7
    68%

    7If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

  • Mark 12:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.'

    20'Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no children.'

  • Lev 21:2
    68%

    2Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.

  • Gen 48:6
    68%

    6'The children born to you after them will be yours. They will be recorded under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.'

  • Job 42:15
    68%

    15Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

  • Exod 21:31
    68%

    31Whether it gores a son or a daughter, the same judgment applies to him.

  • Deut 18:2
    68%

    2They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Deut 21:16
    67%

    16on the day he gives his inheritance to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the loved wife in place of the son of the unloved wife, who is really the firstborn.

  • Judg 21:17
    67%

    17They said, 'The inheritance of the survivors of Benjamin must be preserved, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.'

  • Num 18:20
    67%

    20The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and inheritance among the Israelites.

  • Ezek 47:14
    67%

    14You are to divide it equally among yourselves. I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

  • Num 5:11
    67%

    11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Ezra 9:12
    67%

    12So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.