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for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father`s brothers` sons.
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Marrying Within the Clan
Commentators explain that Zelophehad's daughters married their close relatives—likely their first cousins. This was an act of obedience to God's specific command to ensure their father's inheritance remained within their tribe, fulfilling the law established earlier in the chapter.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance (Numbers 28:6–11) which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without mal…
19th Century
Anglican
Were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons. —Better, to the sons of their near kinsmen. The word dod generally deno…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah The names of the daughters of Zelophehad, and the same as in ([…
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