And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
And if they marry men from other tribes of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from our family's inheritance and be given to the tribe they marry into. This way, our inheritance will be reduced.
The writer is expressing concern that if women inherit land and then marry outside their tribe, the family's land inheritance will be permanently lost to another tribe.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from a legal case brought before Moses regarding the daughters of Zelophehad, who had inherited their father's land since he had no sons. The tribal leaders were worried about what would happen to tribal land boundaries if these women married men from other tribes, as wives typically joined their husband's tribe.
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