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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36 - Introduction

* The inheritance of the daughters of Zelophehad. (1-4) The daughters of Zelophehad are to marry in their own tribe. (5-12) Conclusion. (13)

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See also Numbers 36 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _A LAW IS ESTABLISHED, THAT THE DAUGHTERS TO WHOM THE PATERNAL INHERITANCE DESCENDS SHALL NOT MARRY OUT OF THEIR OWN TRIBE, LEST THE POSSESSIONS OF THE TRIBES SHOULD BE MIXED._ _Before Christ 1452._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:16 summoned (a-4) That is, those who were habitually called to undertake the matters of the assembly....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXVI. (1, 2, 3) AND THE CHIEF FATHERS OF THE FAMILIES... — Better, _And the heads of the fathers of the family_... It was at the instance of the daughters of Zelophehad that an ordinance had been ena...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 36 This chapter gives an account of an application made by the heads of the tribe of Manasseh, concerning the inheritances of the daughters of Zelophehad, which, should they m...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2552. B.C. 1452._ An inconvenience if heiresses should marry into another tribe, Numbers 36:1. An appointment that they should marry in their own tribe, Numbers 36:5. Zelophehad's daughters mar...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The inconuenience of the inheritance of daughters, 5 is remedied by marying in their owne tribes, 7 lest the inheritance should be remoued from the tribe. 10 The daughters of Zelophehad marrie th...

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