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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons,.... Which occasioned such a number of portions; the daughters of Zelophehad are meant, who descended from Manasseh:
and the rest of Manasseh, some had the land of Gilead; that is, those besides the six families before expressed, namely, the two families of the Machirites and Gileadites, Numbers 26:29.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on Joshua 17:6". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
The daughters — Not less than the son, so the sex was no bar to their inheritance.
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Wesley, John. "Commentary on Joshua 17:6". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
Joshua 17:6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
Ver. 6. Because the daughters of Manasseh.] Here was no Salic law to exclude them. In many women, besides their sex, there is nothing womanlike, or weak souls have no sexes; and women’s bodies are of a more exact composition, &c.
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on Joshua 17:6". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https:/
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
Among his sons, i.e. no less than the sons; so their sex was no bar to their inheritance.
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