Numbers 36:4

36:4 And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place, ¹  their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.” ² 

Numbers 26:54

26:54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, ³  and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. ⁴  To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. ⁵ 

Numbers 36:9

36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”

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¹ tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is most often translated “to be,” but it can also mean “to happen, to take place, to come to pass,” etc.

² tn Heb “the tribe of our fathers.”

³ tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”

⁴ tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”

⁵ tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.