Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 17:6
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
6. the rest of Manasseh’s sons ] i.e. the descendants of Machir.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Among his sons, i.e. no less than the sons; so their sex was no bar to their inheritance.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons,…. Which occasioned such a number of portions; the daughters of Zelophehad are meant, who descended from Manasseh:
and the rest of Manasseh, some had the land of Gilead; that is, those besides the six families before expressed, namely, the two families of the Machirites and Gileadites, Nu 26:29.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jos 17:6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
Ver. 6. Because the daughters of Manasseh. ] Here was no Salic law to exclude them. In many women, besides their sex, there is nothing womanlike, or weak souls have no sexes; and women’s bodies are of a more exact composition, &c.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Psa 60:7 – Gilead