“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.”
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter — The ruling becomes law. The principle is universal: any man without sons will have his inheritance pass to his daughter. This establishes a hierarchy of inheritance: sons, then daughters, with further specifications to follow (Numbers 27:8-11). The second generation learns that the covenant law can grow and adapt to new circumstances.
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