In Numbers 36 we have a further point which winds up the account of the daughters of Zelophehad. As the former notice honored their faith, so this acts as a guard, and stamps order on the matter, securing the glory of God but avoiding confusion among men; for the tribes of Israel must be duly kept.
On the one hand it was according to God’s goodness that the daughters should inherit if there were no son; on the other hand it could not be permitted that the inheritance should pass out of the tribe of their fathers. This was provided against here as the other was before.
Thus the whole book abounds from first to last with the reiterated, continual, and perfect proof of God’s loving care for His people on the earth.