Numbers 36 (MSG)

13 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase

The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.

Numbers Chapter 36 contains 13 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 36 chapters in Numbers.

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1The heads of the ancestral clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh—they were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph—approached Moses and the leaders who were heads of the families in the People of Israel.

2They said, "When God commanded my master to hand over the inheritance-lands by lot to the People of Israel, my master was also commanded by God to hand over the inheritance-land of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

3But what happens if they marry into another tribe in the People of Israel? Their inheritance-land will be taken out of our ancestral tribe and get added into the tribe into which they married.

4And then when the Year of Jubilee comes for the People of Israel their inheritance will be lumped in with the inheritance of the tribe into which they married—their land will be removed from our ancestors' inheritance!"

5Moses, at God's command, issued this order to the People of Israel: "What the tribe of the sons of Joseph says is right.

6This is God's command to Zelophehad's daughters: They are free to marry anyone they choose as long as they marry within their ancestral clan.

7The inheritance-land of the People of Israel must not get passed around from tribe to tribe. No, keep the tribal inheritance-land in the family.

8Every daughter who inherits land, regardless of the tribe she is in, must marry a man from within her father's tribal clan. Every Israelite is responsible for making sure the inheritance stays within the ancestral tribe.

9No inheritance-land may be passed from tribe to tribe; each tribe of the People of Israel must hold tight to its own land."

10Zelophehad's daughters did just as God commanded Moses.

11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, Zelophehad's daughters, all married their cousins on their father's side.

12They married within the families of Manasseh son of Joseph and their inheritance-lands stayed in their father's family.

13These are the commands and regulations that God commanded through the authority of Moses to the People of Israel on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.

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What is Numbers 36 in the MSG?

Numbers 36 in the The Message (MSG) contains 13 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.

How does the MSG translate Numbers 36 differently?

The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Numbers 36 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Numbers 36 (MSG)?

Numbers Chapter 36 contains 13 verses in the The Message. The book of Numbers has 36 chapters total.

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