“And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.”
And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters — the petitioners reference the case of Zelophehad (ch. 27), whose daughters inherited his property because he had no sons. The daughters received their father's inheritance by divine command. The petitioners now identify a potential conflict: if these daughters marry outside Manasseh, their inherited property may transfer to other tribes.
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