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for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
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Verse 11. Father. They married their cousin-germans. The original is rather undecisive, as Dod may signify, “an uncle, great uncle, or cousin;” and a son, in Scripture, is often put for any descendant. The marriages of cousins were not expressly forbidden by the law, and if they had, they might have been dispensed with on this occasion, as well as when a brother died without issue. Calmet.—Claudius was the first of the Romans who obtained leave of the senate to marry his brother’s daughter. Sueton. D.
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