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Numbers 36:7Num.36.7

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/לֹֽא תִסֹּ֤ב נַחֲלָה֙ לִ/בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ/מַּטֶּ֖ה אֶל מַטֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י אִ֗ישׁ בְּ/נַחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו יִדְבְּק֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Aucun héritage parmi les enfants d'Israël ne passera d'une tribu à une autre tribu, mais les enfants d'Israël s'attacheront chacun à l'héritage de la tribu de ses pères.

KJV

So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Patristic reading

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  • SS Leo I. Magnus

    Epistolae

    m Latinae Chalcedonensis collectionis auctor Latina originalia invenit. Confer Praefat. in epistolas num 36. 7. Nunc titulum, qui tribus imperialibus epistolis 55, 56 et 57, in collectione Chalcedonensi praefigitur, exhibemus. In Graeca collectione sic : Θεῑον γράμμα ϰαταπεμϕθὲν…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    should marry within their own tribe, in order to avoid confusion of tribal possessions, as stated in Num. 36:7,8. Reply to Objection 3: As the Philosopher says (Polit. ii, 4), the regulation of possessions conduces much to the preservation of a state or nation. Consequently, as h…

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