Numbers 36:9
What does Numbers 36:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 36:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the inheritance doth not turn round from <FI>one<Fi> tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And that the tribes be not mingled one with another, but remain so
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and the inheritance shall not pass from one tribe to another tribe; for each of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to his inheritance.
Context
v.8And 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.
v.9This passage
v.10Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
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