Nu. 36: Zelophehad's Daughers...In Law

Numbers 36:7 "No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers."

And the loose end is tied up in the final chapter of Numbers. What becomes of the land inherited by Zelophehad's daughters? recap

Of course they were able to inherit land, but now their kinsmen from Gilead wanted to know just what was going to happen to this land, their tribal land, when the Fab Five got married. If they married outside their clan, the land would tribal inheritance of whichever clan one the single sister lottery at the Year of Jubilee.

I remember suggesting that these women marry some dude, and just inherit his land, but God prepares a way from women to be able to own land. Which is just unheard of. How can women own land? They're women. I speak tongue-in-cheek, of course, but at this point, women aren't exactly held up as bastions of responsibility and legal status. If women wanted to keep their land in their tribe, they had to marry someone from their own tribal clan.

Additionally, no inheritance was able to pass from tribe to tribe. It was already tried with Jacob and Esau, and that was unpleasant.