Discovery BoxNumbers 36:4 
Context36:4 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
Context26:54 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
Context36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”
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.
