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Numbers 36:8

And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

KJV

et cunctæ feminæ de eadem tribu maritos accipient : ut hæreditas permaneat in familiis,

Vulgate

καὶ πᾶσα θυγάτηρ ἀγχιστεύουσα κληρονομίαν ἐκ τῶν φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἑνὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἔσονται γυναῖκες, ἵνα ἀγχιστεύσωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἕκαστος τὴν κληρονομίαν τὴν πατρικήν·

LXX

And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

ASV

וְ/כָל בַּ֞ת יֹרֶ֣שֶׁת נַחֲלָ֗ה מִ/מַּטּוֹת֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לְ/אֶחָ֗ד מִ/מִּשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אָבִ֖י/הָ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה לְמַ֗עַן יִֽירְשׁוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֖ישׁ נַחֲלַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
noun · 304×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 23:22 — And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
  • Num 16:14 — Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.