Commentary for Bava Batra 216:1
ועוד כדכתיב (במדבר כז, ח) איש כי ימות ובן אין לו
and, secondly,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and furthermore'. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> [one should follow the order of the Torah,] as it is written, If a man die and have no son?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVII, 8. This implies that if a father leaves a son, the latter inherits from him. Now, since the Scripture begins with the case of a son inheriting from his father the Tanna of our Mishnah should have done likewise! ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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