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Numbers 27:6-8
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Numbers 27:6-8
New English Translation
6 The Lord said to Moses: 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim.[a] You must indeed[b] give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer[c] the inheritance of their father to them. 8 And you must tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies[d] and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;
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- Numbers 27:7 tn Heb “[the daughters of Zelophehad] speak right” (using the participle דֹּבְרֹת [doverot] with כֵּן [ken]).
- Numbers 27:7 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute with the imperfect tense. The imperfect is functioning as the imperfect of instruction, and so the infinitive strengthens the force of the instruction.
- Numbers 27:7 tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive, from the root עָבַר (ʿavar, “to pass over”). Here it functions as the equivalent of the imperfect of instruction: “and you shall cause to pass,” meaning, “transfer.”
- Numbers 27:8 tn Heb “a man, if he dies.”
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