So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep to himself the
inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wives. Hebrew, "shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. "Those who marry heiresses must be of the same family: but others may take wives from any of the tribes of Israel, as the most holy did without scruple. (St. Jerome in Jer. xxxii.) (Tirinus) (Estius)
The Rabbins extend this law to all, with the Vulgate: but only during the time that the land of Chanaan remained undivided. (Selden, Succ. c. xviii.)
