Num 36:1-12 | 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 36:1-12

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.
36:5 ^e The Lord readily provided the justice that the men of the tribe of Joseph (i.e., of the tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph) sought in their petition.
Summary for Num 36:6-9: 36:6-9 ^f These stipulations resolved the quandary, guaranteeing the stability and continuity of the tribal land allotments.
Summary for Num 36:10-12: 36:10-12 ^g As they had been instructed, Zelophehad’s five daughters all married cousins on their father’s side, keeping their father’s allotment within his clan. Marriage to a first cousin was acceptable in ancient Hebrew society (cp. Lev 18 ^h, 20 ⁱ; see also 1 Chr 23:22 ^j) as well as in other Near Eastern cultures.