Pinchas 27:7 · unit 1 — three layers of the grant: father’s, grandfather’s, and bechorah

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 27:7

The Complete Passuk

כֵּן בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד דֹּבְרֹת נָתֹן תִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶם וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ אֶת־נַחֲלַת אֲבִיהֶן לָהֶן׃

The daughters of Tzelofchad speak rightly; you shall surely give them a hereditary holding among their father’s brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them.

Chabad.org — 27:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Bava Basra 118b

Sefaria — Bava Basra 118b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָה זוֹ נַחֲלַת אֲבִיהֶן, בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶן זוֹ נַחֲלַת אֲבִי אֲבִיהֶן, וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ אֶת נַחֲלַת אֲבִיהֶן לָהֶן – זוֹ חֵלֶק בְּכוֹרָה.

English: It was taught: “a hereditary holding” — this is their father’s inheritance; “among their father’s brothers” — this is their grandfather’s inheritance; “and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them” — this is the firstborn’s portion.

Type of Learning

Triple derash of the grant language.

What Is Learned

They received ordinary share, ancestral share among the brothers, and the double portion of the firstborn.