Numbers 27:4

27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession ¹  among the relatives ²  of our father.”

Numbers 36:4

36:4 And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place, ³  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.” ⁴ 

Numbers 36:3

36:3 Now if they should be married to one of the men ⁵  from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. ⁶  As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

[27:4]  ¹ tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

[27:4]  ² tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.

[36:4]  ³ 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.

[36:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the tribe of our fathers.”

[36:3]  ⁵ tn “Men” is understood; it says “to one from the sons of the tribes of the Israelites for a wife,” or if he has her for a wife.

[36:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “which they will be to them,” meaning, to those who have them, i.e., the marriages.