Zelophehad could marry only men from their father's tribe, so that no inheritance would pass from one tribe to another. And Moses announced the general rule that every daughter who inherited a share was required to marry someone from her father's tribe, in order to preserve each tribe's ancestral share. The daughters of Zelophehad did as God had commanded Moses, and they married cousins, men of the tribe of Manasseh. Readings according to the triennial cycle Jews who read the Torah according to the triennial cycle of Torah reading read the parashah according to a different schedule. In inner-biblical interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these Biblical sources: Numbers chapter 35 The Torah addresses the need for corroborating witnesses three times. instructs that a manslayer may be executed only on the evidence of two or more witnesses. states the same multiple witness requirement for all capital cases. And applies the rule to all criminal offenses. Numbers chapter 36 The story of the daughters of Zelophehad in is a sequel of that in . And then reports the awarding of lands to the daughters of Zelophehad. In early nonrabbinic interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these early nonrabbinic sources: Numbers chapter 35 With the Cities of Refuge in , Divine intervention replaces a system of vengeance with a system of justice, much as in the play of the 5th century BCE Greek playwright Aeschylus The Eumenides, the third part of The Oresteia, the goddess Athena’s intervention helps to replace vengeance with trial by jury. Philo called the rule of that a judge should not receive the testimony of a single witness "an excellent commandment." Philo argued first that a person might inadvertently gain a false impression of a thing or be careless about observing and therefore be deceived. Secondly, Philo argued it unjust to trust to one witness against many persons, or indeed against only one individual, for why should the judge trust a single witness testifying against another, rather than the defendant pleading on the defendant's own behalf? Where there is no preponderance of opinion for guilt, Philo argued, it is best to suspend judgment. Similarly, Josephus reported the rule of , writing that judges should not credit a single witness, but rather should rely only on three, or two at the least, and only those whose testimony was confirmed by their good lives.