Reading the Bible Through

Numbers 36 - Deuteronomy 2   Zelophehad’s daughters had to marry  their cousins on their father’s side to keep the land in that tribe. Having to marry cousins feels creepy to me. When I do genealogy, I may look at marriage licenses from Ohio. The licenses say the two parties are no closer than 1st cousins. However, 1st was crossed out and changed to 2nd. I do wonder how close of cousins  Zelophehad’s daughters  married. I also think that they must not have had any close male relatives as it seems they had to speak up for themselves about their father's inheritance in Canaan.  In Deuteronomy 2:29, it says the Edomites let the Israelites pass through their land. The last time we read about the Edomites the denied Israel passage and Israel went around. I think some of the story is missing here.