Numbers 36 in the early church
6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Numbers 36, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Numbers 36:6
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 36:6 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 581 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Num 36:6–9 | Church History 1.7.17 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Num 36:6 | Homilies on Matthew 2.4 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
Numbers 36:7
No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 36:7 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 132–133 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
Numbers 36:13
These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 36:13 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XIX (on Num 25. 26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, medium confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Num 36:13 | Against Celsus 7.34 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 248 |