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“The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father’s relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.

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28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,[a] slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  1. 3:28 Greek Jew or Greek.

11 But I will protect the orphans who remain among you.
    Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.”

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These women came to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us a grant of land along with the men of our tribe.”

So Joshua gave them a grant of land along with their uncles, as the Lord had commanded.

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Women Who Inherit Property

36 Then 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.

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Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—
    this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

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