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Inheritance

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ATS Bible Dictionary

Inheritance

The laws of inheritance among the Hebrews were very simple. Land might be mortgaged, but could not be alienated, Numbers 36:6-9. See JUBILEE. The only permanent right to property was by heritage, or lineal succession. The eldest son had a double portion. Females had no territorial possession; but if a man left no sons, his daughters inherited-on condition of their marrying into a family within the tribe to which their father belonged. If a man had no children, his land passed to distant relatives, according to a law laid down in Numbers 27:8-11. The Law of Moses rendered wills unnecessary; they were introduced, however, at a later period, Galatians 3:15 Hebrews 9:17. Property was sometimes distributed among children during the lifetime of the father: thus, in the parable of the prodigal son, the father divided his property between the two sons, Luke 15:12.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

2. (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

3. (n.) A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.

4. (n.) Possession; ownership; acquisition.

5. (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

6. (n.) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

INHERITANCE

in-her'-i-tans (nahalah, "something inherited," "occupancy," "heirloom," "estate," "portion"): The word is used in its widest application in the Old Testament Scriptures, referring not only to an estate received by a child from its parents, but also to the land received by the children of Israel as a gift from Yahweh. And in the figurative and poetical sense, the expression is applied to the kingdom of God as represented in the consecrated lives of His followers. In a similar sense, the Psalmist is represented as speaking of the Lord as the portion of his inheritance. In addition to the above word, the King James Version translations as inheritance, morashah, "a possession," "heritage" (Deuteronomy 33:4 Ezekiel 33:24); yerushshah, "something occupied," "a patrimony," "possession" (Judges 21:17); cheleq, "smoothness," "allotment" (Psalm 16:5); kleronomeo, "to inherit" (Matthew 5:5, etc.); kleronomos, "heir" (Matthew 21:38, etc.); kleronomia, "heirship," "patrimony, "possession"; or kleros, "an acquisition" "portion," "heritage," from kleroo, "to assign," "to allot," "to obtain an inheritance" (Matthew 21:38 Luke 12:13 Acts 7:5; Acts 20:32; Acts 26:18 Galatians 3:18 Ephesians 1:11, 14, 18; Ephesians 5:5 Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:24 Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 11:8 1 Peter 1:4).

The Pentateuch distinguishes clearly between real and personal property, the fundamental idea regarding the former being the thought that the land is God's, given by Him to His children, the people of Israel, and hence, cannot be alienated (Leviticus 25:23, 28). In order that there might not be any respecter of persons in the division, the lot was to determine the specific piece to be owned by each family head (Numbers 26:52-56; Numbers 33:54). In case, through necessity of circumstances, a homestead was sold, the title could pass only temporarily; for in the year of Jubilee every homestead must again return to the original owner or heir (Leviticus 25:25-34). Real estate given to the priesthood must be appraised, and could be redeemed by the payment of the appraised valuation, thus preventing the transfer of real property even in this case (Leviticus 27:14-25). Inheritance was controlled by the following regulations:

(1) The firstborn son inherited a double portion of all the father's possession (Deuteronomy 21:15-17);

(2) the daughters were entitled to an inheritance, provided there were no sons in the family (Numbers 27:8);

(3) in case there were no direct heirs, the brothers or more distant kinsmen were recognized (27:9-11); in no case should an estate pass from one tribe to another.

The above points were made the subject of statutory law at the instance of the daughters of Zelophehad, the entire case being clearly set forth in Numbers 27; Numbers 36.

Frank E. Hirsch

Greek

2817. kleronomia -- an inheritance
... an inheritance. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kleronomia Phonetic
Spelling: (klay-ron-om-ee'-ah) Short Definition: an inheritance Definition ...
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2816. kleronomeo -- to inherit
... kleronomeo Phonetic Spelling: (klay-ron-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I inherit, obtain
Definition: I inherit, obtain (possess) by inheritance, acquire. ...
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2624. katakleronomeo -- to distribute by lot
... lot. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katakleronomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ak-lay-rod-ot-eh'-o) Short Definition: I give as an inheritance Definition: ...
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2820. kleroo -- to assign by lot
... Word Origin from kleros Definition to assign by lot NASB Word Usage obtained
an inheritance (1). assign or obtain an inheritance. ...
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2818. kleronomos -- an heir
... someone who inherits. [In ancient times, inheritance was often determined
by (such as with land disposition). This practice was ...
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2819. kleros -- a lot
... Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition a lot NASB Word Usage allotted to your
charge (1), inheritance (2), lot (1), lots (5), portion (1), share (1). ...
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4789. sugkleronomos -- a co-inheritor
... 4789 (from 4862 , "closely identified " and 2818 , "an heir, with inheritance
determined by ") -- properly, -heir; used of believers sharing in the inheritance ...
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2658. katantao -- to come down to, reach
... the sea-coast), or from the high seas to the coast; hence met: I arrive at, reach
(my destination), (b) of property: I come down (descend) by inheritance to an ...
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1842. exolethreuo -- to destroy utterly
... 1842 (from 1537 , "completely out from," intensifying 3645 , "destroy, slay") --
properly, destroy, referring to a of inheritance (reward). ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Ephesians 1:11-14
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
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Titus 3:7
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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Acts 20:32
And now, brothers, 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.
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Luke 16:11
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
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Ezekiel 46:16-18
Thus said the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
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Hebrews 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.
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Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.
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Luke 15:25-31
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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Strong's Hebrew

5159. nachalah -- possession, property, inheritance
... 5158b, 5159. nachalah. 5160 . possession, property, inheritance. Transliteration:
nachalah Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-al-aw') Short Definition: inheritance. ...
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3425. yerushshah -- possession, inheritance
... possession, inheritance. Transliteration: yerushshah Phonetic Spelling:
(yer-oosh-shaw') Short Definition: possession. ... heritage, inheritance, possession. ...
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5157. nachal -- to get or take as a possession
... denominative verb from nachalah Definition to get or take as a possession NASB Word
Usage allotted (1), apportion (2), apportion for inheritance (1), apportion ...
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2506. cheleq -- portion, tract, territory
... chalaq Definition portion, tract, territory NASB Word Usage associate (1), catch
(1), divisions (2), equal portions (1), farm land (1), inheritance (1), land (1 ...
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3423. yarash -- to take possession of, inherit, dispossess
... 9), dispossessing (1), drive (22), drive them out completely (2), driven (6), driving
(3), drove (4), expel (1), given us as an inheritance (1), gives you to ...
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4181. morashah -- a possession
... heritage, inheritance, possession. Feminine of mowrash; a possession -- heritage,
inheritance, possession. see HEBREW mowrash. 4180, 4181. morashah. 4182 . ...
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2490. chalal -- to bore, pierce
... the flute) -- begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things),
X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on ...
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5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away,
down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be ...
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2256. chebel -- cord, territory, band
... Or chebel {khay'-bel}; from chabal; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring
line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as ...
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Library

The Inheritance.
... THE INHERITANCE. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to
be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light."Ep. ...
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The Inheritance
... The Inheritance. Gerhard Ter Steegen Deuteronomy 18:1, 2. Am I not enough, Mine
own? enough,. Mine own, for thee? Hath the world its palace towers,. ...
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The Earnest and the Inheritance
... EPHESIANS THE EARNEST AND THE INHERITANCE. 'The earnest of our inheritance, until
the redemption of the purchased possession.'"Ephesians 1:14. ...
/.../the earnest and the inheritance.htm

God's Inheritance and Ours
... EPHESIANS GOD'S INHERITANCE AND OURS. 'In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,
... the earnest of our inheritance.'"Ephesians 1:11, 14. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/gods inheritance and ours.htm

God's Inheritance in the Saints
... EPHESIANS GOD'S INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS. 'That ye may know what is the riches
of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.'"Ephesians 1:18. ...
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Of the Inheritance of the Property of Martyrs and Confessors, Also ...
... Book II. Chapter XXXV."Of the Inheritance of the Property of Martyrs and Confessors,
also of those who had suffered Banishment or Confiscation of Property. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxv of the inheritance of.htm

October 2. "Moses Gave not any Inheritance; the Lord God of Israel ...
... OCTOBER 2. "Moses gave not any inheritance; the Lord God of Israel was
their inheritance, as He said unto them" (Josh. xiii. 33). ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 2 moses gave not.htm

God's Inheritance
... SERMON VII. GOD'S INHERITANCE. Galatians 4:6, 7. ... Heirs of God: but what is our
inheritance? The same as Christ's. And what is Christ's inheritance? ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon vii gods inheritance.htm

The Lot and Inheritance of virginity.
... Discourse VIII."Thekla. Chapter III."The Lot and Inheritance of Virginity.
Furthermore, when they have come hither, they see ...
/.../chapter iii the lot and inheritance.htm

April the Eighth My Inheritance in the Risen Lord
... April The Eighth MY INHERITANCE IN THE RISEN LORD. ... In my risen Lord mine is "an
inheritance incorruptible." It is not exposed to the gnawing tooth of time. ...
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Thesaurus

Inheritance (263 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate;
the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. ...INHERITANCE. ...
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Inherited (23 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Numbers 32:18 We will not return to our houses, until the children
of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. ...
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Allotment (24 Occurrences)
... daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is
within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you. ...
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Tribal (25 Occurrences)
... Numbers 36:4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will
their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they ...
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Diminish (22 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:54 to the many thou shalt increase their inheritance, and to the few
thou shalt diminish their inheritance; to every one shall his inheritance be ...
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Whereunto (36 Occurrences)
... Numbers 36:3 If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children
of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the ...
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Withdrawn (28 Occurrences)
... Numbers 36:3 And -- they have been to one of the sons of the 'other' tribes of the
sons of Israel for wives, and their inheritance hath been withdrawn from the ...
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Ancestral (14 Occurrences)
... Numbers 33:54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families--to
the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give ...
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Zelophehad (9 Occurrences)
... a possession for themselves (Numbers 27:1). This became the occasion for a law
providing that in the case of a man dying without sons, the inheritance was to ...
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Fewer (3 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:54 To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer
you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were ...
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Bible Concordance

Inheritance (263 Occurrences)

Matthew 19:29 And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.
(WEY)

Matthew 21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves,'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:34 "Then the King will say to those at His right, "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.
(WEY NIV)

Mark 12:7 But those farmers said among themselves,'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:13 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 20:14 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 13:19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 20:32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 4:30 But what says the Scripture? "Send away the slave-girl and her son, for never shall the slave-girl's son share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."
(WEY NIV)

Ephesians 1:11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ephesians 1:14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 1:18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
(KJV WEY WBS)

Hebrews 9:15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:16 lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
(See NIV)

1 Peter 1:4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:10 Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
(See NIV)

Genesis 31:14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 48:6 Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 15:17 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.'
(See NIV)

Exodus 34:9 He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 20:24 But I have said unto you: 'Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who have set you apart from the peoples.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 25:46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Leviticus 27:22 "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,
(See RSV)

Leviticus 27:24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.
(See RSV)

Numbers 16:14 Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We won't come up."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 18:20 Yahweh said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 18:21 "To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 18:24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them,'Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 18:26 "Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them,'When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:53 "To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:54 To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
(See NAS)

Numbers 26:56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:62 Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 27:7 "The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 27:8 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying,'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 27:9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 27:10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 27:11 If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:18 We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:32 We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 33:54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:2 "Command the children of Israel, and tell them,'When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall take for yourselves as inheritance by lot, which Jehovah commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
(DBY JPS NIV)

Numbers 34:14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:15 the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:17 "These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
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Numbers 34:29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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Numbers 35:2 "Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.
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Numbers 35:8 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."
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Numbers 36:2 and they said, "Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
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Numbers 36:3 If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
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Numbers 36:4 When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."
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Numbers 36:7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
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Numbers 36:8 Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
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Numbers 36:9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to his own inheritance."
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Numbers 36:12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
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Deuteronomy 3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.'
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Deuteronomy 4:20 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
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Deuteronomy 4:21 Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance:
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Deuteronomy 4:38 to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
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Deuteronomy 9:26 I prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Deuteronomy 9:29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm."
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Deuteronomy 10:9 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
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Deuteronomy 12:9 for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Deuteronomy 12:10 But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causeth you to inherit, and He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
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Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
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Deuteronomy 14:27 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
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Deuteronomy 14:29 and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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Deuteronomy 15:4 However there shall be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;)
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Deuteronomy 18:1 The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 18:2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
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Deuteronomy 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
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Deuteronomy 19:10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
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Deuteronomy 19:14 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
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Deuteronomy 20:16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
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Deuteronomy 21:16 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;
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Deuteronomy 21:23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 24:4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
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Deuteronomy 26:1 It shall be, when you are come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein,
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Deuteronomy 29:8 and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
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Deuteronomy 31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
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Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 32:9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
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Joshua 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
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Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
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Subtopics

Inheritance

Inheritance: Figurative

Inheritance: Provisions for Inheritance Under Levirate Marriages

Inheritance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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