民数记 36:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“耶和華曾經吩咐我主要憑抽籤把地分給以色列人為業；我主也受了耶和華的吩咐，要把我們兄弟西羅非哈的產業分給他的眾女兒。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 和 华 曾 吩 咐 我 主 拈 阄 分 地 给 以 色 列 人 为 业 ， 我 主 也 受 了 耶 和 华 的 吩 咐 将 我 们 兄 弟 西 罗 非 哈 的 产 业 分 给 他 的 众 女 儿 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The leaders of Gilead's family group went to talk to Moses and the leaders of the families of Israel. (Gilead was the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph.) ² They said, "The Lord commanded you, our master, to give the land to the Israelites by throwing lots, and the Lord commanded you to give the land of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters. ³ But if his daughters marry men from other tribes of Israel, then that land will leave our family, and the people of the other tribes will get that land. So we will lose some of our land. ⁴ When the time of Jubilee comes for the Israelites, their land will go to the tribes of the people they marry; their land will be taken away from us, the land we received from our fathers."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord commanded: 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 give: Numbers 27:1, Numbers 27:7, Joshua 17:3-6, Job 42:15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - ye shall return Numbers 32:27 - as my lord 1 Chronicles 2:34 - but daughters

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
he said, "May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers."

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of these Hittite women here in this land, I want to die."

Genesis 28:9
Now Esau already had wives, but he went to Ishmael son of Abraham, and he married Mahalath, Ishmael's daughter. Mahalath was the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 36:25
The children of Anah were Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

Genesis 36:34
When Jobab died, Husham became king. He was from the land of the Temanites.

Genesis 36:35
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who had defeated Midian in the country of Moab, became king. Hadad was from the city of Avith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said,.... One in the name of the rest:

the Lord commanded my lord; that is, Moses, whom they address in a very respectable manner, being the chief governor of the nation under God:

to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; which command may be seen, in Numbers 26:53:

and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother; or kinsman, being of the same tribe:

unto his daughters; who sued for it, and upon Moses's consulting the Lord about it, it was ordered they should have it, Numbers 27:1 and which these princes observed was likely to be attended with the following inconvenience.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance Numbers 28:6-11 which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without male issue to inherit their father’s property. The chiefs of the Machirites, of whom Zelophehad had been one, now obtain a supplemental enactment, directing that heiresses should marry within their own tribe.

Numbers 36:4

Be taken away - i. e. be permanently taken away. The jubilee year, by not restoring the estate to the tribe to which it originally belonged, would in effect confirm the alienation.

Numbers 36:11

Unto their father’s brothers’ sons - Or more generally, “unto the sons of their kinsmen.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 36:2. To give the inheritance of Zelophehad - unto his daughters. — See this case spoken of at large on Numbers 27:1-11.

Either the first eleven verses of Numbers 27:1-11 should come in before this chapter, or this chapter should come in immediately after those eleven verses; they certainly both make parts of the same subject.

Here Moses determines that heiresses should marry in their own tribe, that no part of the ancient inheritance might be alienated from the original family.