Numbers 36:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They 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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and sayed: The Lorde commaunded my LORde to geue ye lande to enherette by lotte to the childern of Israel. And then my lord commaunded in ye name of the Lorde to geue the enheritaunce of Zelaphead oure brother vnto his doughters.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and saide: Syr, the LORDE hath commaunded, that ye shulde geue the londe by lott vnto the childre of Israel to inheret. And thou my lorde hast commaunded thorow the LORDE, that the enheritaunce of or brother Zelaphead shulde be geue vnto his doughters.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And saide, The Lorde commaunded my lord to giue the land to inherit by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commaunded by the Lorde, to giue the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother vnto his daughters.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And sayd: The Lorde commaunded my Lorde to geue the land to inherite by lot to the chyldren of Israel: and my Lorde was commaunded by the Lord, to geue the inheritaunce of Zelaphead our brother, vnto his daughters.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and say, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my lord hath been commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and they said, "Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Num 33:54 : 54 You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
  • Josh 13:6 : 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, I will drive out from before the children of Israel; only divide it by lot to the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
  • Josh 14:1-2 : 1 And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them. 2 Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
  • Josh 17:3-6 : 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers. 5 Ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan; 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons, and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
  • Job 42:15 : 15 In all the land, no women were found as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
  • Num 26:55-56 : 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
  • Num 27:1-7 : 1 Then came 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: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he has no son? Give us, therefore, a possession among the brothers of our father. 5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD. 6 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 36:3-12
    10 verses
    85%

    3And if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; thus it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

    4And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

    5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken well.

    6This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they think best; only within the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

    7So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not transfer from tribe to tribe; for each of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

    8And every daughter that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that each of the children of Israel may enjoy the inheritance of his fathers.

    9Thus the inheritance shall not transfer from one tribe to another tribe; but each tribe of the children of Israel shall keep to its own inheritance.

    10As the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

    11For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.

    12And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

  • Josh 17:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

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

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • Num 27:6-11
    6 verses
    84%

    6And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    7The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

    8And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

    9And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

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

    11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest kinsman from his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be a statute of judgment to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 36:1
    78%

    1And the chief fathers 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 near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

  • Num 27:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Then came 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: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

  • Num 26:33
    75%

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

  • Num 34:13
    74%

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

  • Num 34:29
    74%

    29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Josh 17:6
    73%

    6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons, and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

  • Josh 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our livestock.

    3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

  • Num 34:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:)

  • Josh 14:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them.

    2Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

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

  • Num 27:4
    72%

    4Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he has no son? Give us, therefore, a possession among the brothers of our father.

  • Num 34:16
    72%

    16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 33:54
    71%

    54You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

  • Josh 14:5
    70%

    5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

  • Num 35:9
    70%

    9And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 26:52-53
    2 verses
    70%

    52And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

  • Josh 21:8
    70%

    8And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

  • Josh 19:51
    70%

    51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they completed the division of the country.

  • Deut 18:2
    70%

    2Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • Isa 34:17
    69%

    17And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.

  • Num 26:55
    69%

    55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

  • Josh 18:6
    68%

    6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Deut 33:4
    68%

    4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

  • Num 32:28
    68%

    28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,