Numbers 36:6
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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.This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
In other translations
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.This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
Hebrew words
זֶהzehthisH2088הַדָּבָרhadavar[is] the wordH1697אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834צִוָּהtzivahhe has commandedH6680יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לִבְנוֹתlivnotof [the] daughters ofH1323צְלָפְחָדtzelafechadZelophehadH6765לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559לַטּוֹבlatovto the goodH2896בְּעֵינֵיהֶםbe'eineihemin view theirH5869תִּהְיֶינָהtihyeinahthey will belongH1961לְנָשִׁיםlenashimto wivesH802אַךְ'akhonlyH389לְמִשְׁפַּחַתlemishpachatto [the] clan ofH4940מַטֵּהmateh[the] tribe ofH4294אֲבִיהֶם'avihemancestor theirH1תִּהְיֶינָהtihyeinahthey will belongH1961לְנָשִׁים׃lenashimto wivesH802
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Related verses
- Numbers 36:12And 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.They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- Genesis 24:3And 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:and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
- Genesis 24:57-5857 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.57 So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.” 58 They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
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People and places
People: Zelophehad