📖 Numbers — Chapter 36 (KJV)
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Numbers 36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of RGilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
Numbers 36:2 And they said, RThe 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.
Numbers 36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe Twhereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
Numbers 36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe Twhereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Numbers 36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph Rhath said well.
Numbers 36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, TLet them marry to whom they think best; Ronly to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Numbers 36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall RTkeep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Numbers 36:8 And Revery 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.
Numbers 36:9 Neither 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.
Numbers 36:10 REven as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
Numbers 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
Numbers 36:12 And they were married Tinto the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Numbers 36:13 These are Rthe commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 36:1–4 — A Question about Tribal Inheritance
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The chiefs from Manasseh's families raise the case of Zelophehad's daughters. Their concern is that marriage into another tribe would transfer the inherited land from their tribe's allotment, including at the jubile. They bring the question before Moses and the princes.
Key Truth: The case concerns preserving the tribal inheritance already granted.
Check What You Remember
1. From which tribe's families did these chiefs come? (Numbers 36:1)
Find it in Numbers 36:1 (KJV).
2. Whose daughters had been granted the inheritance? (Numbers 36:2)
Find it in Numbers 36:2 (KJV).
3. How had Israel's land been appointed for inheritance? (Numbers 36:2)
Find it in Numbers 36:2 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 36:5–9 — Marriage within the Father's Tribe
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Moses gives the LORD's command: the daughters may marry whom they think best within the family of their father's tribe. The same instruction is applied to daughters holding inheritance in a tribe. The stated purpose is that the inheritance not move from one tribe to another.
Key Truth: The ruling preserves the inherited land within its appointed tribe.
Check What You Remember
1. Within whose tribe's family were the daughters to marry? (Numbers 36:6)
Find it in Numbers 36:6 (KJV).
2. Could they choose whom they thought best within that family? (Numbers 36:6)
Find it in Numbers 36:6 (KJV).
3. Was the inheritance to move from tribe to tribe? (Numbers 36:7–9)
Find it in Numbers 36:7–9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 36:10–13 — The Daughters Obey
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Zelophehad's daughters do as commanded and marry their father's brothers' sons within Manasseh's families. Their inheritance remains in that tribe. Numbers closes by identifying the commandments and judgments given through Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Key Truth: The account closes with obedience to the ruling and preservation of the inheritance.
Check What You Remember
1. Did Zelophehad's daughters do as the LORD commanded Moses? (Numbers 36:10)
Find it in Numbers 36:10 (KJV).
2. In which tribe did their inheritance remain? (Numbers 36:12)
Find it in Numbers 36:12 (KJV).
3. In what plains were these commands given? (Numbers 36:13)
Find it in Numbers 36:13 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What inheritance problem do the chiefs anticipate if the daughters marry into other tribes?
2. How does the reference to the jubile strengthen the chiefs’ concern?
3. How does the LORD’s command combine choice with a boundary?
4. How does the instruction extend beyond Zelophehad’s daughters?
5. How does the daughters’ action demonstrate the command’s intended result?
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