Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 36
26 catchwords78 parallels
Numbers 36 . 1 , The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters is remedied by marrying in their own tribes , Numbers 36 . 7 , lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe; Numbers 36 . 10 , The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father’s brothers’ sons.
Numbers 36:1
Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
Numbers 36:1 · BSB
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Exodus 18:22 great
- Numbers 27:7 General
- 1 Chronicles 7:15 and Zelophehad
Numbers 36:2
saying, "When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Numbers 36:2 · BSB
The Lord commanded9 parallels
To one division of the tribe of Manasseh , a portion had been assigned eastward of Jordan; but Zelophehad was of that division , to which an inheritance was afterwards allotted west of Jordan; yet , expecting the promised land , the elders of the Manassites now propose a difficulty , upon the adjudged case of Zelophehad's daughters
- Numbers 27:1-11 If the females should inherit , in defect of male issue , and should intermarry with other tribes they would diminish the interest , and weaken the influence of their own tribes , and give occasion to future confusion , and perhaps contention. The Manassites therefore referred the case to Moses; and he , by the authority of God , annexed a clause , which would effectually keep the tribes and inheritances distinct , as long as it was observed. Heiresses were not allowed to marry out of their own tribe , though within those bounds they might consult their own inclinations
- Numbers 26:55
- Numbers 26:56
- Numbers 27:1-7
- Numbers 33:54
- Joshua 13:6
- Joshua 14:1
- Joshua 14:2
- Joshua 17:3
to give4 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Leviticus 25:10 ye shall return
- Numbers 32:27 as my lord
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 but daughters
Numbers 36:3
But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
Numbers 36:3 · BSB
Numbers 36:4
And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers."
Numbers 36:4 · BSB
the whole verse5 parallels
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Leviticus 25:9 jubilee
- Leviticus 25:13 General
Numbers 36:5
So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: "The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
Numbers 36:5 · BSB
hath said well2 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Leviticus 24:12 that the mind of the Lord might be showed them
Numbers 36:6
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
Numbers 36:6 · BSB
only to the family5 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Exodus 18:16 make
- Leviticus 24:12 that the mind of the Lord might be showed them
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 took them
marry Heb. be wives
Numbers 36:7
No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Numbers 36:7 · BSB
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Judges 21:17 an inheritance
for every one That is , he shall not endeavour to obtain any part of the inheritance of another tribe by marrying an heiress.
Numbers 36:8
Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Numbers 36:8 · BSB
every daughter1 parallel
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Genesis 38:8 General
- Numbers 16:14 Moreover
Numbers 36:9
No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
Numbers 36:9 · BSB
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Genesis 38:8 General
- Numbers 36:7 keep himself
Numbers 36:10
So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 36:10 · BSB
the whole verse5 parallels
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Numbers 26:33 Zelophehad
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 but daughters
Numbers 36:11
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
Numbers 36:11 · BSB
the whole verse1 parallel
Reciprocal1 parallel
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 but daughters
Numbers 36:12
They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
Numbers 36:12 · BSB
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Numbers 36:6 only to the family
Numbers 36:13
These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Numbers 36:13 · BSB
the commandments8 parallels
in the plains of Moab3 parallels
Reciprocal5 parallels
- Exodus 21:1 the judgments
- Numbers 22:1 the children
- Deuteronomy 4:44 General
- Deuteronomy 6:1 the commandments
- Isaiah 26:8 in
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