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Numbers 36:6

This is the thing which the LORD does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
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Eusebius of Caesarea

AD 339
Now, since the genealogy of Joseph is so traced, Mary also appears virtually to have been of the same tribe as he, since, according to the law of Moses, intermarriages between different tribes were not permitted. For it was commanded to join in marriage with one of the same family and of the same people, so that the inheritance of the race might not be changed from tribe to tribe.

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Tribe. Hebrew adds family also: for heiresses were obliged to marry in their own family, to prevent the confusion of the inheritances. If they had a mind to renounce their right, they were at liberty to marry where they pleased. (Calmet) The nearest relations, who chose to receive their land, were under an obligation of marrying them, Ruth iv. 6. (Haydock) A similar law prevailed at Athens.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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