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When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
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The Jubilee's Surprising Effect
Commentators explain a unique legal situation. Normally, the Year of Jubilee restored all land to its original tribe. However, in the case of heiresses marrying into other tribes, the Jubilee would do the opposite: it would permanently transfer their inherited land to their new tribe, solidifying the loss for their original tribe.
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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
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be. —Up to the year of jubile it was possible that the inheritance mi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be At which time inheritances were to be restored to the origin…
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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…