What Does Numbers 36:4 Mean in the King James?
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
At Jubilee, every tribe that receives an inheritance is joined to a tribe that loses it.
THE MEANING
A portion is received into one tribe, and that same movement removes it from another. The verse shows inheritance as a relationship between a share of land and the people in whose line it rests.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A change of ownership leaves every other line untouched.
THE ROOT
נַחֲלָה
naḥalah
GROWS FROM
נחל
n-ḥ-l
To inherit or take possession; to receive as a possession.
This word-family holds both the portion and the act of receiving possession. Here, what enters one tribe is also removed from another, making the inheritance a transfer between lines.
ALSO GROWS
naḥal: To inherit or possess.
נָחַל
The related verb keeps the act of receiving bound to the inheritance itself.
naḥalah: An inherited portion, possession, or heritage.
נַחֲלָה
The noun names the portion whose movement joins one tribe’s gain to another’s loss.
THE PATTERN
Inheritance places a portion within a relationship, so where it is received shapes where it belongs.
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.THE THREAD
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.The shared Jubilee term links the verses directly: Numbers shows what happens to tribal inheritance, while Leviticus names the return to possession and family. Together they show Jubilee reordering where inheritance belongs.
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