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Numbers 27:1 KJV
Numbers · chapter 27 · verse 1
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.Numbers 27:1 · King James Version
Numbers 27:1 in context
1Then 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.
2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
3Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZelophehadTsᵉlophchâdTselophchad, an IsraeliteH6765 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- HepherChêpherChepher, a place in PalestineH2660 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
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Mention is made of the case of these daughters of Zelophehad in the chapter before, v. 33. It should seem, by the particular notice taken of it, that it was a singular case, and that the like did not at this time occur in all Israel, that the head of a family had no sons, but daughters only.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11