Daughters of Zelophehad Inherit on Both Sides of the Jordan

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Pinchas 10:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation (of Numbers 27:7): "You shall surely give them" — for they received a portion on the other side of the Jordan, and they drew near before Joshua and Eleazar in the land of Canaan, as it is said (Joshua 17:4): "And they drew near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, etc." And our father Jacob too knew that they would receive a portion from here and from there, as it is said (Genesis 49:22): "Daughters stepped over a wall" — this is the Jordan, which became a wall for Moses so that he would not enter the land; and [Jacob] said to [Joseph]: "Your daughters receive a portion from here and from there."

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WomenTribesDanPatriarchsMoses

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