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and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance (Numbers 28:6–11) which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without mal…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And they said, The Lord commanded my lord. They allege here a kind of discrepancy: the tribes had the land allotted to them according to G…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they said
One in the name of the rest:

the Lord commanded my lord ;
that i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The leaders of the tribe of Manasseh pointed out the evil that might follow if the daughters of Zelophehad were to marry into any other tribes. The…

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