Zelophehad
And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for
an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord
was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of
Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters....
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The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely
give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's
brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father
to pass unto them....
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Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the
families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these [are] the
names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah,
and Tirzah....
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The Daughters of Zelophehad (Hebrew: בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד) were five
sisters in the Hebrew Bible who lived during the Exodus of the
Israelites from Egypt, and who raised before Moses the case of
a woman’s right and obligation to inherit property in the
absence of a male heir in the family. Zelophehad (possibly
meaning "first born"), a man of the...
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ze-lo'-fe-had (tslophchadh, meaning unknown): Head of a
Manassite family who died without male issue (Nu 26:33;
27:1,7; 36:2,6,10,11; Josh 17:3; 1 Ch 7:15). His daughters
came to Moses and Eleazar and successfully pleaded for a
possession for themselves (Nu 27:1 ff). This became the
occasion for a law providing that in the case of a man dying ...
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-(Grandson of Gilead)
-His daughters petition for his inheritance
Nu 27:1-11; 36; Jos 17:3-6; 1Ch 7:15...
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(first-born), son of Zepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir,
son of Manasseh. Jos 17:3 (B.C. before 1450.) He was
apparently the second son of Hepher. 1Ch 7:15 Zelophehad came
out of Egypt with Moses, but died in the wilderness, as did
the whole of that generation. Nu 14:35; 27:3 On his death
without male heirs, his five daughters, just after th...
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first-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of
Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons,
his
daughters, concerned lest their father's name should
be "done
away from among his family," made an appeal to Moses,
who, by
divine direction, appointed it as "a statute of
judgment" in
Israel that daughters should inherit the...
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Son of Hepher; descendant of Manasseh by Machir (Joshua 17:3).
Died in the wilderness without male issue. He had no share in
Korah's rebellion. His five daughters at the close of the
second numbering came to Moses begging for their father's
inheritance (Numbers 26:33; Numbers 26:27). Their petition was
granted, and subsequently it was ordained...
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