Commentary for Bava Batra 220:5

רבינא אמר מהכא (במדבר כז, יא) הקרוב אליו הקרוב קרוב קודם

The reason,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the request on the part of Zelophehad's daughters for a share in the land. ');">⁹</span> then, is because he had no son, but had he had a son, the son would have taken precedence. But it is not possible that the daughters of Zelophehad [only] said so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Believing that to be the law. ');">¹⁰</span>

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