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Numbers 36:9
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KJ21
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe, but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.”
ASV
So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.
AMP
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, but each of the tribes of the Israelites shall hold to its own inheritance.”
AMPC
So shall no inheritance be transferred from one tribe to another, but each of the tribes of the Israelites shall cling to its own inheritance.
BRG
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
CSB
No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”
CSBA
No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.’
CEB
An inheritance of land may not be transferred from one tribe to another, for the Israelite tribes will each retain its own inheritance.”
CJB
Thus no inheritance will move from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Isra’el will hold on to its own inheritance.”
CEV
In the future, any daughter who inherits land must marry someone from her own tribe. Israel's tribal land is never to be passed from one tribe to another.
DARBY
and the inheritance shall not pass from one tribe to another tribe; for each of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to his inheritance.
DRA
And that the tribes be not mingled one with another, but remain so
ERV
So the land must not be passed from tribe to tribe among the Israelites. Each Israelite will keep the land that belonged to their own ancestors.”
EASY
No land that belongs to any tribe will become the land of another tribe. So each tribe will keep the land that their ancestors had.’
EHV
So no inheritance will transfer from one tribe to another tribe, for each of the Israelite tribes will keep its own inheritance.”
ESV
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”
ESVUK
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”
EXB
The ·land [inheritance] must not pass from tribe to tribe, and each ·Israelite tribe [L tribe of the sons/T children of Israel] will keep the land it ·received [inherited] from its ·ancestors [fathers].”
GNV
Neither shall the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe: but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall stick to his own inheritance.
GW
No land may pass from one tribe to another. Each Israelite tribe must keep the land it inherits.”
GNT
and the property will not pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe will continue to possess its own property.”
HCSB
No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”
ICB
The land must not pass from tribe to tribe. Each Israelite tribe will keep the land it received from its ancestors.”
ISV
That way, their inheritance won’t be turned over from one tribe to another, because the Israelis are each to maintain their ancestral inheritances.”
JUB
So that the inheritance shall not change from one tribe to another tribe, each one of the tribes of the sons of Israel shall cleave to his own inheritance.
KJV
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
AKJV
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
LSB
Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance.”
LEB
Therefore an inheritance will not go around from one tribe to another tribe because the tribes of the Israelites will each hold to their own inheritance.’”
TLB
In this way no inheritance shall move from one tribe to another.’”
MSG
Moses, at God’s command, issued this order to the People of Israel: “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph says is right. This is God’s command to Zelophehad’s daughters: They are free to marry anyone they choose as long as they marry within their ancestral clan. The inheritance-land of the People of Israel must not get passed around from tribe to tribe. No, keep the tribal inheritance-land in the family. Every daughter who inherits land, regardless of the tribe she is in, must marry a man from within her father’s tribal clan. Every Israelite is responsible for making sure the inheritance stays within the ancestral tribe. No inheritance-land may be passed from tribe to tribe; each tribe of the People of Israel must hold tight to its own land.”
MEV
Thus no inheritance will turn from one tribe to another tribe, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its own inheritance.’ ”
NOG
No land may pass from one tribe to another. Each Israelite tribe must keep the land it inherits.”
NABRE
Thus, no heritage will pass from one tribe to another, but all the Israelite tribes will retain their own ancestral heritage.”
NASB
So no inheritance will be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each retain possession of its own inheritance.”
NASB1995
Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance.”
NCB
No inheritance will pass from one tribe to another. Each Israelite tribe is to keep its own inheritance.’ ”
NCV
The land must not pass from tribe to tribe, and each Israelite tribe will keep the land it received from its ancestors.”
NET
No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.’”
NIRV
Property can’t pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe of Israel must keep the land it receives.”
NIV
No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”
NIVUK
No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.’
NKJV
Thus no inheritance shall change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep its own inheritance.”
NLV
No land will go from one family group to another. For the families of Israel will each hold to his own land.”
NLT
No grant of land may pass from one tribe to another; each tribe of Israel must keep its allotted portion of land.”
NRSVA
No inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the Israelites shall retain its own inheritance.”’
NRSVACE
No inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the Israelites shall retain its own inheritance.”’
NRSVCE
No inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the Israelites shall retain its own inheritance.’”
NRSVUE
No inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the Israelites shall retain its own inheritance.”
OJB
Neither shall the nachalah remove from one matteh (tribe) to another matteh (tribe); for the mattot (tribes) of the Bnei Yisroel shall make deveykus every ish to his own nachalah.
RGT
“Nor shall the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe, but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall stick to his own inheritance.”
RSV
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall cleave to its own inheritance.’”
RSVCE
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall cleave to its own inheritance.’”
TLV
No inheritance may pass from tribe to another tribe, for each tribe of Bnei-Yisrael is to keep its inheritance.”
VOICE
In light of it, He has determined that Zelophehad’s daughters should marry whomever they think is best, but they should do so within the clan of their extended family so that their land stays in the family. The same goes for any future Israelite daughters in a similar situation. Let them marry whomever they will, but only within the clan of their father’s extended family. There shouldn’t be any permanent transfer of land from one tribe to another because the territories should be fixed as each tribe’s inheritance for all time.
WEB
So shall no inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance.’”
WYC
and [the] lineages be not meddled to themselves, but dwell so, as those be parted of the Lord. (and so the tribes shall not be mixed, or mingled, among themselves, but shall remain as they were separated by the Lord./and so the inheritance, or the possession, shall not pass from one tribe to another, but each tribe shall keep its own inheritance unto itself.)
YLT
and the inheritance doth not turn round from [one] tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.'
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