Reference for Bava Batra 239:10

אמר מר באבות הוא אומר וכל בת יורשת נחלה באבות אין בבנים לא מאי משמע אמר רבא אמר קרא (במדבר לו, ו) זה הדבר דבר זה לא יהא נוהג אלא בדור זה

and not to the fathers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'which the fathers were not commanded', being, as they were, in the wilderness. ');">³⁵</span> Since, [therefore.] certain precepts apply to the fathers and not to the sons while others apply to the sons and not to the fathers, it was necessary to specify the fathers and it was [also] necessary to specify the sons.' At all events, it was taught, 'In the case of the fathers it is said: And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 6, supra. This shows that the prohibition for all heiress to marry one of another tribe was given to the generation of the fathers, i.e., to that of the daughters of Zelophehad. how, then, could it be said that they were allowed to marry any one from any tribe. ');">³⁶</span> — He raised the objection and he [also] replied to it: 'With the exception' [he said] 'of the daughters of Zelophehad'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They were exempt from the prohibition, because in their Case, Scripture (Num. XXXVI, 6) distinctly stated, Let them be married to whom they think best. ');">³⁷</span> The Master said: 'In the case of the fathers it is said: <i>And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXVI, 8. ');">³⁸</span>

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