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John Gill
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 marry into other tribes, would be removed thither, and so be a loss to theirs, Numbers 36:1, which case was judged worthy of regard; and to remedy this inconvenience, they were ordered to marry into...
John Gill
And they said,.... One in the name of the rest: the Lord commanded my lord; that is, Moses, whom they address in a very respectable manner, being the chief governor of the nation under God: to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; which command may be seen, in Numbers 26:53: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother; or...
Matthew Henry
We have in this chapter the determination of another question that arose upon the case of the daughters of Zelophehad. God had appointed that they should inherit, ch. xxvii. 7. Now here, I. An inconvenience is suggested, in case they should marry into any other tribe, ver. 1-4. II. It is prevented by a divine appointment that they should marry in their own tribe and family (ver. 5-7), and this is...