Numbers 36 · Verse 4

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 whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Numbers 36:4, King James Version

Numbers 36:4 in other translations

BSBAnd when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
WEBWhen the jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
ASVAnd when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
YLTand if it is the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then hath their inheritance been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers is their inheritance withdrawn.'
DARBYAnd when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall come, then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong; and their inheritance shall be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
BBEAnd at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.
WebsterAnd when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be put to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

What does Numbers 36:4 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 36:1-4

The heads of the tribe of Manasseh represent the evil which might follow, if the daughters of Zelophehad should marry into any other tribes. They sought to preserve the Divine appointment of inheritances, and that contests and quarrels should not rise among those who should come afterwards. It is the wisdom and duty of those who have estates in the world, to settle them, and to dispose of them, so that no strife and…

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Numbers 36:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will comeH1961
הַיֹּבֵל֮hai.yo.Velthe jubileeH3104
לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neiof [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙ve.nos.Fahand it will be addedH3254
נַחֲלָתָ֔ןna.cha.la.Taninheritance theirH5159
עַ֚ל'altoH5921
נַחֲלַ֣תna.cha.Lat[the] inheritance ofH5159
הַמַּטֶּ֔הha.ma.Tehthe tribeH4294
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
תִּהְיֶ֖ינָהtih.Yei.nahthey will belongH1961
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וּמִֽנַּחֲלַת֙u.mi.na.cha.Latand from [the] inheritance ofH5159
מַטֵּ֣הma.Teh[the] tribe ofH4294
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
יִגָּרַ֖עyi.ga.Ra'it will be withdrawnH1639
נַחֲלָתָֽן\׃na.cha.la.Taninheritance theirH5159

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 36:4

  • Isaiah 61:2

    To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

  • Leviticus 25:10-18

    And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. …

  • Leviticus 25:23

    The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

  • Luke 4:18-19

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

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Le 25:10-18,23; Isa 61:2; Lu 4:18,19

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Context

  • 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 whereunto 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 whereunto 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 hath said well.

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Numbers 36:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando viniere el jubileo de los hijos de Israel, la heredad de ellas será añadida á la heredad de la tribu de sus maridos; y así la heredad de ellas será quitada de la heredad de la tribu de nuestros padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand le Jubilé des fils d’Israël arrivera, leur héritage sera ajouté à l’héritage de la tribu à laquelle elles appartiendront; et leur héritage sera ôté de l’héritage de la tribu de nos pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch wenn das Jubeljahr der Kinder Israel kommt, wird ihr Erbteil zu dem Erbteil des Stammes hinzugefügt werden, welchem sie angehören werden; und ihr Erbteil wird dem Erbteil des Stammes unserer Väter entzogen werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Atque ita fiet, ut cum jubilæus, id est, quinquagesimus annus remissionis advenerit, confundatur sortium distributio, et aliorum possessio ad alios transeat.