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This is the thing which the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.
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Verse 6. Tribe. Hebrew adds family also: for heiresses were obliged to marry in their own family, to prevent the confusion of the inheritances. If they had a mind to renounce their right, they were at liberty to marry where they pleased. Calmet.—The nearest relations, who chose to receive their land, were under an obligation of marrying them. Ruth 4:6. Bible.—A similar law prevailed at Athens.
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