Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 239:7

מותיב רבה (ויקרא כב, ג) אמור אליהם לאותן העומדים על הר סיני לדורותיכם אלו דורות הבאים אם נאמר אבות למה נאמר בנים ואם נאמר בנים למה נאמר אבות מפני שיש באבות מה שאין בבנים ויש בבנים מה שאין באבות

Rab Judah said in the name of R. Samuel: The daughters of Zelophehad were given permission to he married to any of the tribes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., to all the tribes'. Other heiresses could marry only members of their own tribe. ');">²⁴</span> for it is said, Let them be married to whom they think best.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXVI, 6. ');">²⁵</span> How, then, may one explain [the text]. Only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. Are not the two sections of the verse contradictory? ');">²⁶</span> — Scripture gave them good advice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not an instruction. ');">²⁷</span>

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