Numbers 36:6
This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
KJV
Et hæc lex super filiabus Salphaad a Domino promulgata est : nubant quibus volunt, tantum ut suæ tribus hominibus :
Vulgate
τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ συνέταξεν Κύριος ταῖς θυγατράσιν Σαλπαὰδ λέγων Οὗ ἀρέσκει ἐναντίον αὐτῶν ἔστωσαν γυναῖκες, πλὴν ἐκ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν ἔστωσαν γυναῖκες.
LXX
This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
ASV
זֶ֣ה הַ/דָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה לִ/בְנ֤וֹת צְלָפְחָד֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לַ/טּ֥וֹב בְּ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לְ/נָשִׁ֑ים אַ֗ךְ לְ/מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אֲבִי/הֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לְ/נָשִֽׁים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
- Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
- Num 36:12 — And 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.