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There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
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Commentators explain that the "ten portions" for the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan were likely divided this way: five portions for the five male-led families, and five portions for the five daughters of Zelophehad, who collectively represented the sixth family. This division fulfilled God's command to grant them an inheritance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ten portions – that is, five for the five families descended from the male children of Gilead, and five others for the five daughters of Zel…
16th Century
Protestant
The historian returns to the tribe of Manasseh to confirm what we previously saw regarding the daughters of Zelophehad. For although it was a novel…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [were] on the other side Jordan
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Manasseh was only half of the tribe of Joseph, yet it was divided into two parts. The daughters of Zelophehad now reaped the benefit of their pious…
