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This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
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Preserving God's Inheritance
Commentators explain this command was a practical solution to a legal problem. To prevent tribal land from being permanently lost when an heiress married into another tribe, God decreed that she must marry within her own. This ensured each tribe's God-given inheritance remained intact, a principle God took very seriously.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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