Numbers 27:7
Context27:7 “The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. 1 You must indeed 2 give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer 3 the inheritance of their father to them.
Numbers 36:7
Context36:7 In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred 4 from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.
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.”


[27:7] 1 tn Heb “[the daughters of Zelophehad] speak right” (using the participle דֹּבְרֹת [dovÿrot] with כֵּן [ken]).
[27:7] 2 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.
[27:7] 3 tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive, from the root עָבַר (’avar, “to pass over”). Here it functions as the equivalent of the imperfect of instruction: “and you shall cause to pass,” meaning, “transfer.”