Commentary for Bava Batra 217:4
כיון דלענין יבום בן ובת כי הדדי נינהו לענין נחלה נמי בן ובת כי הדדי נינהו
refers to the father. This teaches that a father takes precedence over a daughter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since she never takes the place of her father either as a son (for designation and redemption), or as brother (for Ievirate marriage). ');"><sup>7</sup></span> One might [assume] that he [also] takes precedence over [a] son, it was therefore expressly stated that is next [to him],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVII, 22. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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