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and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister`s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
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Israel's Interconnected Family
Commentators explain that this verse records an important inter-tribal marriage. Machir, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, married Maacah, who was the sister of Huppim and Shuppim from the tribe of Benjamin. This detail shows that the tribes of Israel were not isolated entities but were interconnected through marriage, reinforcing their identity as one large, extended family.
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19th Century
Anglican
And Machir took to wife. —The Hebrew cannot mean this. Translate it as: now Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shupp…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah<…
Presbyterian
No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…
