And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
And when the Year of Jubilee comes for the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe they marry into. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers' tribe.
The tribal leaders are worried that when women inherit land and then marry into other tribes, their family's land will permanently transfer to another tribe during the Year of Jubilee.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from a concern raised by the tribal leaders of Manasseh about the daughters of Zelophehad, who had inherited their father's land since he had no sons. The Year of Jubilee occurred every 50 years when all property returned to its original tribal owners, but the leaders feared that if these women married outside their tribe, the land would permanently transfer away from Manasseh.
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