Numbers 36:6 (WEB)
This is the thing which the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Damascene
“One ought to remember that it was not the custom of the Hebrews nor of the divine Scripture to give genealogies of women; and the law was to prevent one tribe seeking wives from another.” — editor's note: Num. xxxvi. 6 seqq.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And the lineage of Joseph being thus traced, Mary also is virtually shown to be of the same tribe with him, since, according to the law of Moses, intermarriages between different tribes were not permitted.” — editor's note: The law to which Eusebius refers is recorded in Num. xxxvi. 6, 7. But the prohibition given there was not an absolute and universal one, but a prohibition…
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.
Cited together in Church History I.7.