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At this time the chief men of the tribe of Manasseh came to Moses,
and informed him that there was an eminent man of their tribe dead, whose
name was Zelophehad, who left no male children, but left daughters; and
asked him whether these daughters might inherit his land or not. He made
this answer, That if they shall marry into their own tribe, they shall
carry their estate along with them; but if they dispose of themselves in
marriage to men of another tribe, they shall leave their inheritance in
their father's tribe. And then it was that Moses ordained, that every one's
inheritance should continue in his own tribe.
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1 THE POLITY SETTLED BY MOSES; AND HOW HE DISAPPEARED FROM AMONG MANKIND.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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