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Numbers 36:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3And 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.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 36:3 within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” marks this property or justice provision without converting it into a modern deed; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: 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.
Read It With
- Numbers 36:1–4
Read Numbers 36:3 with 36:1–4. It within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” marks this property or justice provision without converting it into a modern deed; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: 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. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Gileadite clan leaders tell Moses and Israel's leaders that Zelophehad's daughters may marry into another tribe, transferring inherited land even through jubilee and permanently reducing Manasseh's allotment.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 36:3 within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” marks this property or justice provision without converting it into a modern deed; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: 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. Its responsible force depends on 36:1–4; isolated from “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 36:1–4 — Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the TribeSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 36:1–4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 36:1–4
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