God’s Word Translation
Numbers 36:10
10Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 36:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
- New International Version (NIV)So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad;
Context of Numbers 36:10
8A woman who inherits land in any of the tribes of Israel may marry a man from any family in her ancestor’s tribe. In this way every Israelite keeps the land inherited from his ancestors. 9No land may pass from one tribe to another. Each Israelite tribe must keep the land it inherits.” Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father’s side of the family. 12They married within the families of the descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph. So their land stayed in the tribe of their father’s family.
Read all of Numbers 36Numbers 36:10 word by word
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֑ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנ֥וֹת צְלָפְחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 36:10
- Exodus 39:42The Israelites had done all the work following the Lord’s instructions to Moses.
- Leviticus 24:23Moses spoke to the people of Israel. So the man who had cursed the Lord’s name was taken outside the camp. There they stoned him to death as the Lord commanded Moses. The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12Also, God guided the people of Judah so that they united to carry out the command which the king and the leaders gave from the Lord’s word.
- Matthew 28:20Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. “And remember that I am always with you until the end of time.”
Commentaries on Numbers 36:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-13Verses 1-13 The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance Numbers 28:6-11 which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without male issue to inherit their father‘s property. The chiefs of the Machirites, of whom Zelophehad had been one, now obtain a supplemental enactment, directing that heiresses should marry within their own tribe. Numbers 36:4 Be taken away - i. e. be permanently taken away. The jubilee year, by not restoring the estate…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Those who consult the oracles of God, concerning the making of their heavenly inheritance sure, shall not only be directed what to do, but their inquiries shall be graciously accepted. God would not have one tribe enriched at the expense of another. Each tribe was to keep to its own inheritance. The daughters of Zelophehad submitted to this appointment. How could they fail to marry well, when God himself directed them? Let the people of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12Zelophehad’s five daughters married their cousins on their father's side, as instructed. This kept their father's land within his clan. In ancient Hebrew society, marrying a first cousin was acceptable (compare Leviticus 18, 20; see also 1 Chronicles 23:22). Other Near Eastern cultures also accepted this practice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-125-12. Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord--The plea appeared just and reasonable; and, accordingly an enactment was made by which the daughters of Zelophehad, while left to the free choice of their husbands, were restricted to marry not only within their own tribe, but within the family of their father's tribe--that is, one of their cousins. This restriction, however, was imposed only on those who were heiresses. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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