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And the chief f~t!ters of the families of the children of Gilead drew near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers c. the children of Israel: And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the laird for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give she inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto hiў•S$$ АT›а(z € Š      р=а/а8d џџџџа&t ВT COMMENTS ON NL-MBEES.12?, ChAPTER X. JVtrmlce,.o xxxtt. And the chief f~shm-s of the families of the children ci Gilead drew near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers r the children of Israel: 2 And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of zelophehad our hrosher onto his daughters. And if they he married to any of the sons of the et/tie- trihes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance he taken from she inheritance of our fathers, and shall he pot to she inheritance of the trihe whereunto they are received so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the juhilee of the children of Israel shall he, then shall their inheritance he put onto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they ace received: And Moses commanded the children of Israel according ~o the ward of she lord, saying, The tribe of she sons scfJoseph hath suitl nell. 6the Lord dcith command concerning she daughters cit Zeloplielcail. saying, I ~-t th,m marry to whom they think i ess -iii, p ii, the tarmily tif the nh, u1 th,-ir tat her shill Icy marry - Pci vicar11 cit the icchci-rii .cni,-ccl the children of Israel ri-rilicce Iruni true iii trill-. fur every iittr of the children cit Israel shall Let1 Iciniself so she inheritance of the trill, it los fat hers. 8 Attil every ihiciglit ir. iliart -ssessttli an in? herit.itcce iii any trilie ut tIcs- chi,hilr,n it Israel. shall lie wife onto one cit Ii,- fAncily ii ili, trihus cit her father, that the children of Israel may tejoy every man the inheritance cit hi-a fathers. so Eec-n as the Ic-crc1 i cinimauncleil Musts, so did the daughtrrs of Zehcu1ilielcail ss-red were tuacrird unto their fasthrrs brotbcrs sons. ############## CHAPTER X. Numits-o x7rn-ci. And the chief f~t!ters of the families of the children of Gilead drew near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers c. the children of Israel: And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the laird for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give she inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the cct/sc'e- tribes of the children of Israel, then shtarll their inheritance he taken from the itcheritance of our fathers, and shall he pot to the inheritance of the trihe whereunto they are received : so sharll it be taken from Ihe lot oh our inheritance. 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall he, then shall their inheritance be pcrt ourso the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: s And Moses commanded the children of Israel according ~o she word of the loril. saying. The tribe of she sons tifJoseph hash sariti n-elI. - 6thus- Lord chub comniarud concernitig the daughters cut Zelophuehuaril. sarying, I at them marry to whcucn they think i r?t -cc p icc rIce tarmuly of the tribe u-cl thi-ir father sharI1 thu-v inarrr-,. 7 Pci sharI1 icc-ct the ucuhuu-ruca,nuc cut the children of Israel ri- cuuucce Irocci rile tic tn1-,- : tim is- cry tune of the children cut I rareh -hc~rhl Let1. ha inu'-elt so the inheritance of rhi- t ribs- ml his hart hers. 8 And every cl.iiuczhuttr, than p -ssesst-ili an in. heritautice in any trihmi ii f thur c1c uhulrre rut Israel. shall Ice wife onto one cut thur lainrily iii thur trihie cut her father, that the children of Israrrl nray enjoy every man she inheritance of his farthers. so Even as the Icurul commarnuleul Musts, so did the daughters of Zehcmhihus-huariI isand were cuairricd unto their farther's brothcrs' sons. IN a former chapter there was a sense of justice shown towards the daughters of Zelophehad, but here a new complication arises. The uncles of these girls had their eyes on the property and perhaps feared that their sons had not found favor in the eyes of their cousins, as they might have seen and admired some fine looking young men from other tribes. So the crafty old uncles moved in time to get a statute passed that would compel daughters to marry in the tribe of their fathers and got a direct command from the Lord to that effect, then the young women, compelled to limit their predilections, marrIed their cousins, setting the laws of heredity quite aside ; property in all ages being considered of more importance than ~ Thus, after making some show of justice in giving the daughters of Zelophehad the inheritance of their fathers, the Israelites began to consider the loss to their tribe, if peradventure the five sisters should marry into other tribes and all this property be transferred to their enemies. 124THE WOMAN'S BIBLE. They seemed to consider these noble women destitute of the virtue of patriotism, of family' pride, of all the tender sentiments of friendship, kindred and home, and so with their usual masculine arrogance they passed laws to compel the daughters of Zelophehad to do what they probably would have done had there been no law to that effect. These daughters were known by the euphonious names of Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, and they all married their father's brothers' sons. Cousins on the mother's side would probably have been forbidden. If Moses, as the mouthpiece of God, aimed to do exact justice, why did he not pass an ordinance giving property in all cases equally to sons and daughters.E. C. S. Moses gave what appears to be, in the light of this Christian era, a just judgment when he decided that the daughters of Zelophehad should inherit their father's property, but he gave as the law of inheritance the direction that ?if a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter ;? thus, as I think, unjustly discriminating between women who have brothers and women who have none, and he goes on further to deal unjustly with women when he directs that the daughters of Zelophehad marry so that the inheritance justly awarded them should not go out of the family of the tribe of their fathers. ?Let them marry to whom they think best,? and those words seemingly recognize their righteous freedom. But immediately he limits that phrase and informs the five women they must only marry in their father's tribe, and were limited also to their father's family. The result was that each married her own cousin. 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