Numbers 36:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Numbers 36:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 36:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 36:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Moses commanded the children of Israel according to Yahweh’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speak what is right.”

Numbers 36:5 — World English Bible

Numbers 36:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. ”

Numbers 36:5 — American Standard Version

Numbers 36:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, by the command of Jehovah, saying, `Rightly are the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaking;”

Numbers 36:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 36:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. ”

Numbers 36:5 — Darby Translation

Numbers 36:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sonnes of Ioseph haue said well.”

Numbers 36:5 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 36:5 in 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.

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.

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.

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.

7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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What Does Numbers 36:5 Mean?

Numbers 36:5 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 36. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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