Under what circumstance were the daughters of Zelophehad allowed to marry, provided they married within their own tribe?
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Correct answer: To ensure their father's inheritance stayed within the tribe
Numbers 36 explains that when women inherited land because there were no male heirs, they had to marry within their father's tribe. This prevented land from being transferred between tribes through marriage.
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