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The Daughters of Zelophehad

Numbers 27:7

In 11 translations

BSB
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
KJV
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
WEB
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
ASV
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
LSV
“The daughters of Zelophehad are speaking correctly; you certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father’s brothers, and have caused the inheritance of their father to pass over to them.
YLT
'Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them.
DBY
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
DRC27:6
The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them a possession among their father’s kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance. And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things:
GNV
The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt giue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritance of their father vnto them.
JPS
'The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
LXXE27:6
The daughters of Salpaad have spoken rightly: thou shalt surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and thou shalt assign their father's inheritance to them. And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֵּ֗ן בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָד֮ דֹּבְרֹת֒ נָתֹ֨ן תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת נַחֲלָ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֵ֣י אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֛ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ן לָהֶֽן׃
LXX-Br27:6
λέγεν, ὀρθῶς θυγατέρες Σαλπαὰδ λελαλήκασι· δόμα δώσεις αὐταῖς κατάσχεσιν κληρονομίας ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ περιθήσεις τὸν κλῆρον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν αὐταῖς. Καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ λαλήσεις,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Joshua 17:4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s…
  • Numbers 36:1–2Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them, saying, “When the…
  • Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: text matches KJV Num.27.7 (word overlap 0.46), not Num.27.6 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Num.27.6 (TVTMS action was 'identity').
  • Content check: text resembles KJV Num.27.8 (word overlap 0.47) more than Num.27.7 (0.21); mapping unverified.
  • Content check: text matches KJV Num.27.7 (word overlap 0.67), not Num.27.6 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Num.27.6 (TVTMS action was 'identity').
  • Content check: text resembles KJV Num.27.8 (word overlap 0.59) more than Num.27.7 (0.21); mapping unverified.
  • Content check: text matches KJV Num.27.7 (word overlap 0.67), not Num.27.6 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Num.27.6 (TVTMS action was 'identity'). (transferred from brenton)
  • Content check: text resembles KJV Num.27.8 (word overlap 0.59) more than Num.27.7 (0.21); mapping unverified. (transferred from brenton)

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