Num 36:1-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 36:1-13: 36:1-13 The five daughters of Zelophehad had petitioned for, and had been granted, equitable property rights (27:1-11 ). Here the ramifications of that decision are discussed. Summary for Num 36:1-4: 36:1-4 Women who inherited land might marry men from another tribe ; their land would then be lost by their ancestral tribe and transferred to their husband’s tribe. The Year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-55 ) normally provided the means for land to return to its original owner, but it pertained only to land that was sold, not to land acquired through marriage.

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‏ Numbers 36:1-4

Summary for Num 36:1-13: 36:1-13 ^a The five daughters of Zelophehad had petitioned for, and had been granted, equitable property rights (27:1-11 ^b). Here the ramifications of that decision are discussed.
Summary for Num 36:1-4: 36:1-4 ^c Women who inherited land might marry men from another tribe; their land would then be lost by their ancestral tribe and transferred to their husband’s tribe. The Year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-55 ^d) normally provided the means for land to return to its original owner, but it pertained only to land that was sold, not to land acquired through marriage.