Numbers 36:6

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 the thing {H1697} which the LORD {H3068} doth command {H6680} concerning the daughters {H1323} of Zelophehad {H6765}, saying {H559}, Let them marry {H802} to whom they think {H5869} best {H2896}; only to the family {H4940} of the tribe {H4294} of their father {H1} shall they marry {H802}.

Here is what ADONAI has ordered concerning the daughters of Tz'lof'chad: 'Let them be married to whomever they think best, but they must marry only into a family from their father's tribe.

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.

This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 36:12 (6 votes)

    [And] 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14 (4 votes)

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

  • Genesis 24:3 (3 votes)

    And 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:

  • Genesis 24:57 (2 votes)

    And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

  • Genesis 24:58 (2 votes)

    And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.