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Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
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A Law for Inheritance
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a general and permanent law based on the specific case of Zelophehad's daughters. To preserve the divinely appointed land allotments for each tribe, any woman who was an heiress was required to marry within her father's tribe. This prevented the permanent transfer of inherited land from one tribe to another, ensuring social and economic stability as God intended.
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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 every daughter, that possesses an inheritance ... — The particular direction which was given in the case of the daugh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe if the children of Israel
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