Commentary for Bava Batra 222:14

ואומר (יהושע כד, לג) ואלעזר בן אהרן מת ויקברו אותו בגבעת פנחס בנו וכי מנין לפנחס שלא היה לו לאלעזר אלא מלמד שנשא פנחס אשה ומתה וירשה

teaches that the husband is heir to his wife; these are the words of R. Akiba. R. Ishmael, [however], said: This is not necessary,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is no need to infer the law from Num. XXVII, 11, and thus to subject the Biblical text to forced interpretation. ');">³⁹</span> for it is said, And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, [shall be wife] unto one of the family etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXVI, 8. ');">⁴⁰</span> This text speaks of a transfer [from one tribe to another that may be occasioned] through the husband.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture is warning a daughter, who has inherited an estate, that she must marry one of her own tribe, for, if she marry into another tribe, her estate, on her death, will be inherited by her husband and thus pass over from the estates of her own tribe to those of another. This clearly proves that a husband is heir to his wife; for, otherwise, a daughter inheriting an estate would be free to marry into any other tribe. ');">⁴¹</span>

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