Zelophehad
Family: Manasseh · Role: father · First appears: Numbers 26
In Numbers 26, Zelophehad is identified as the son of Hepher and as the father of five daughters rather than sons: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. The record names each daughter as his child: “And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:”
In Numbers 27, God grants Zelophehad’s daughters an inheritance among their father’s brethren, declaring, “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren;”
Relationship record
Life events
- God grants Zelophehad’s daughters an inheritance among their father’s brethren.(Numbers 27)
Numbers 26
- parent: Hepher “And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:”
- child: Mahlah “and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
- child: Noah “and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
- child: Hoglah “and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
- child: Milcah “and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
- child: Tirzah “and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.