And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Manasseh was Joseph's firstborn, yet Jacob preferred Ephraim; so he received a double portion, half already settled beyond Jordan under Machir, a man of war who won Gilead and Bashan through valor. The other half, on this side Jordan, was divided among ten families descended from Gilead's six sons, though one line failed and passed to five daughters of Zelophehad, each inheriting her share.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 17:1-6
The daughters of Zelophehad stood before the appointed judges, Eleazar, Joshua, and the ten princes, and cited Moses' own precedent. The Lord had already ruled on this through Moses; Joshua simply executed what God had commanded, granting them their inheritance among their father's kinsmen in Manasseh.
AI summary
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. (b) Among them of our tribe.