A Midrash explained why the report of about the daughters of Zelophehad follows immediately after the report of about the death of the wilderness generation. The Midrash noted that says, "there was not left a "man" of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh," because the men had been unwilling to enter the Land. But the Midrash taught that says, "then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad," to show that the women still sought an inheritance in the Land. The Midrash noted that in the incident of the Golden Calf, in Aaron told them: "Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of "your wives"," but the women refused to participate, as indicates when it says, "And all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears." Similarly, the Midrash noted that says that in the incident of the spies, "the "men" . . . when they returned, made all the congregation to murmur against him." The Midrash taught that in that generation, the women built up fences that the men broke down.