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Part I — The Pentateuch (1895)
The Book of Numbers
Israel numbered by its men only, the jealous husband's ordeal of the bitter waters — a trial the committee notes has no counterpart for wives — the law that lets father or husband annul a woman's vow, and the daughters of Zelophehad, who argued their own case for inheritance and won it.
A census that counts only malesThe ordeal of the bitter watersThe daughters of ZelophehadWomen's vows overruled by fathers and husbands