This chapter gives an account of an application made by the heads of the tribe of Manasseh, concerning the inheritances of the daughters of Zelophehad, which, should they marry into other tribes, would be removed thither, and so be a loss to theirs, Nu 36:1, which case was judged worthy of regard; and to remedy this inconvenience, they were ordered to marry into the family of their father's tribe, and this was to be a law to all heiresses for the future in other tribes,Nu 36:5 and accordingly the daughters of Zelophehad married their father's brothers' sons, Nu 36:10.
Ver. 1. And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,....