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Numbers 36:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Numbers 36:4 within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” locates this case inside the full allocation or refuge process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put to 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.
Gileadite leaders reopen the daughters' inheritance
This verse is one part of that explanation in Numbers 36:1–4. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Numbers 36:1–4
Read Numbers 36:4 with 36:1–4. It within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” locates this case inside the full allocation or refuge process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put to 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. 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.
What Remains True
Because Numbers 36:4 within “Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the Tribe,” locates this case inside the full allocation or refuge process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put to 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, its proportionate enduring truth is this: Property systems should make access, inheritance, safety, due process, affected communities, and unequal bargaining power visible instead of treating land as morally self-authenticating. This unit also keeps the following boundary explicit: The concern does not authorize controlling women's partners, treating women as land conduits, or placing collective property above equal civil rights.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Numbers 36:1–4 — Josephite Leaders Fear Inherited Land Will Leave the TribeSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Numbers with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, source files dated 2026-08-08
Supports: Unit-bounded translation, syntax, lexical, ritual, legal, number, name, poetic, and selected textual notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Numbers PDF, complete 134-page PDF, translation and translator notes attached to 36:1–4
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