Numbers 36:10

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

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צְלָפְחָֽד

Tsᵉlophchâd

H6765

“Zelophehad”

Noun, Proper

Appears 11× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Numbers 26:33

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same as H6764 and H259

TWOT: None

Zelophehad = "first-born" - a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
9: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is צְלָפְחָֽד Zelophehad H6765 — appearing just 11 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

צְלָפְחָֽד Zelophehad H6765 occurs in 9 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns
3 particles

Verb forms

צִוָּ֥ה Piel · Perfect
עָשׂ֖וּ Qal · Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 11 words from the Hebrew and 13 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 36:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 39:42–43 According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
Leviticus 24:23 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
2 Chronicles 30:12 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 36:10 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת מֹשֶׁ֑ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנ֥וֹת צְלָפְחָֽד

Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

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Greek LXX Numbers 36:10 Septuagint · lemma form

ὅς τρόπος συντάσσω κύριος μωυσῆς οὕτως ποιέω θυγάτηρ σαλπααδ

As the Lord commanded Moses, so did they to the daughters of Salpaad.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

כְּמָא דִי פַקִיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה כֵּן עֲבָדוּ בְּנַת צְלָפְחָד

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

הֵיכְמָא דְפַקֵיד יְיָ יַת משֶׁה הֵיכְדֵין עֲבָדוּ בְּנַת צְלָפְחָד

As the Lord commanded Mosheh, so did the daughters of Zelophehad;

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 36:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

36:10-12 As they had been instructed, Zelophehad’s five daughters all married cousins on their father’s side, keeping their father’s allotment within his clan. Marriage to a first cousin was acceptable in ancient Hebrew society (cp. Lev 18, 20; see also 1 Chr 23:22) as well as in other Near Eastern cultures.

John Gill's Exposition

Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. They married into, the family of their father's tribe, according to the following account.

Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. They married into, the family of their father's tribe, according to the following account.

Numbers 36:11

num 36:11

num 36:11

num 36:11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah,.... The names of the daughters of Zelophehad, and the same as in Num 26:33, only the order a little varied, Tirzah and Noah here changing places; there they are according to their birth, here they are according to their marriage, as Aben Ezra thinks; though Jarchi is of opinion, that being thus differently placed shows that they were equal to one another, and one was not preferred to the other:

these were married unto their father's brothers' sons; so that they were first cousins.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

10-12. Their father’s brothers’ sons — Cousins or second cousins, since sons may signify merely descendants.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Noah

See how you translated these women's names in Numbers 26:33. (See: How to Translate Names)

their inheritances

The land that each of Zelophehad's daughters possessed is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that they received. AT: "the lands that they received as an inheritance" (See: Metaphor)

translationWords

Yahweh

command

Moses

Tirzah

Manasseh

Joseph (OT)

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Sforno

Rabbi Ovadia Sforno

So did Tzelofchad’s daughters. Their intention was to do the desire of their Creator, as Moshe commanded them, not because they desired those that they married.

Sforno on the Tanakh — English translation: “Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Tsᵉlophchâd (“Zelophehad”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Zelophehad” (Tsᵉlophchâd) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Numbers 26:33 shares the word «Zelophehad» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «צִוָּ֥ה» is Piel Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
9 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.