Commentary for Bava Batra 239:6

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל בנות צלפחד הותרו להנשא לכל השבטים שנאמר (במדבר לו, ו) לטוב בעיניהם תהיינה לנשים אלא מה אני מקיים (במדבר לו, ו) אך למשפחת מטה אביהם תהיינה לנשים עצה טובה השיאן הכתוב שלא ינשאו אלא להגון להן

[only] when one is distinguished in old age. The school of R. Ishmael taught: The daughters of Zelophehad were [all] alike,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, for this reason, some are enumerated before the others in Num. XXXVI, II, while in Num. XXVII, I the others are enumerated first. No support may consequently be found in these verses for R. Ammi's opinion. ');">²¹</span> for it is said, and they were<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXVI. II. Heb. [H] ');">²²</span> [implying], 'all of them possessed the same status'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'existence', 'status'. [H] is taken as the root of [H] and of [H]. ');">²³</span>

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