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Numbers 36:11
11Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side.
Numbers 36:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
- English Standard Version (ESV)for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father’s brothers.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side.
Context of Numbers 36:11
9No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.” 10So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side. 12They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan. 13These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Read all of Numbers 36Numbers 36:11 word by word
וַתִּהְיֶ֜ינָה מַחְלָ֣ה תִרְצָ֗ה וְחָגְלָ֧ה וּמִלְכָּ֛ה וְנֹעָ֖ה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֑ד לִבְנֵ֥י דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן לְנָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For Mahlahמַחְלָהmachlâh · MahlahH4244
- Tirzahתִּרְצָהtirtsâh · TirzahH8656
- and Hoglahחׇגְלָהchoglâh · HoglahH2295
- and Milcahמִלְכָּהmilkâh · MilcahH4435
- and Noahנֹעָהnô‛âh · NoahH5270
- the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Zelophehadצְלׇפְחָדtselophchâd · ZelophehadH6765
- were marriedאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- unto their father’sדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: male relativeH1730
- brothers’ sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
Cross-references for Numbers 36:11
Commentaries on Numbers 36:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Mahlah, Tirza, etc. - For a curious account of these names, see the notes on Numbers 27:7.Read the comment
- 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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