Numbers 36:8 meaning and explanation
Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Numbers 36:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to the Israelites on the plains of Moab, just before they enter Canaan. The clan heads of Manasseh had raised a practical worry: if the daughters of Zelophehad, who inherited land because their father had no sons, married outside their tribe, that land would pass to another tribe at the next Jubilee.
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