Zelophehad

Israelite whose daughters received his inheritance

A written article for Zelophehad is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zelophehad appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Zelophehad
    1452 BC to 1443 BC

Original word

  • צְלׇפְחָד zelophehad
    H6765
Relationships
Father: Hepher Daughter: Hoglah Daughter: Mahlah Daughter: Milcah Daughter: Noah Daughter: Tirzah Member of: Tribe of Joseph
Citations
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Where Zelophehad appears in Scripture

Numbers 26

וּצְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר לֹא-הָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים כִּי אִם-בָּנוֹת וְשֵׁם בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד מַחְלָה וְנֹעָה חָגְלָה מִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 27

וַתִּקְרַבְנָה בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר בֶּן-גִּלְעָד בֶּן-מָכִיר בֶּן-מְנַשֶּׁה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת מְנַשֶּׁה בֶן-יוֹסֵף וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֹתָיו מַחְלָה נֹעָה וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
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.
כֵּן בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד דֹּֽבְרֹת נָתֹן תִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲחֻזַּת נַֽחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶם וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ אֶת-נַֽחֲלַת אֲבִיהֶן לָהֶֽן׃
7
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.

Numbers 36

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶת-אֲדֹנִי צִוָּה יְהוָה לָתֵת אֶת-הָאָרֶץ בְּנַֽחֲלָה בְּגוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽאדֹנִי צֻוָּה בַֽיהוָה לָתֵת אֶֽת-נַחֲלַת צְלָפְחָד אָחִינוּ לִבְנֹתָֽיו׃
2
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.
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה יְהוָה לִבְנוֹת צְלָפְחָד לֵאמֹר לַטּוֹב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶם תִּֽהְיֶינָה לְנָשִׁים אַךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם תִּֽהְיֶינָה לְנָשִֽׁים׃
6
This is the thing which the LORD doth 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.
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת-מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָֽד׃
10
Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה מַחְלָה תִרְצָה וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְנֹעָה בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד לִבְנֵי דֹֽדֵיהֶן לְנָשִֽׁים׃
11
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

Joshua 17

וְלִצְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר בֶּן-גִּלְעָד בֶּן-מָכִיר בֶּן-מְנַשֶּׁה לֹא-הָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים כִּי אִם-בָּנוֹת וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֹתָיו מַחְלָה וְנֹעָה חָגְלָה מִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
3
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

1 Chronicles 7

וּמָכִיר לָקַח אִשָּׁה לְחֻפִּים וּלְשֻׁפִּים וְשֵׁם אֲחֹתוֹ מַֽעֲכָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי צְלָפְחָד וַתִּֽהְיֶנָה לִצְלָפְחָד בָּנֽוֹת׃
15
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.