Women Who Inherit Property
Women Who Inherit Property The heads of the clans of Gilead—descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph—came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel, with a petition. They said, “Sir, the Lord instructed you to divide the land, by sacred lot, among the people of Israel. You were told, by the Lord, to give the grant of land, owned by our brother Zelophehad, to his daughters. But, if they marry men, from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them, to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area, of our tribal land, will be reduced. Then, when the Year of Jubilee comes, their portion of land will be added to that of the new tribe, causing it to be lost forever, to our ancestral tribe.” So, Moses gave the Israelites this command from the Lord: “The claim of the men, of the tribe of Joseph, is legitimate. This is what the Lord commands, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone the...