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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Zelophehad (Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)
He died in the wilderness with five daughters and no sons. They went to Moses and asked for their father's land, and they got it, and the law of inheritance changed because of them.
First, in plain English
He died in the wilderness with five daughters and no sons. They went to Moses and asked for their father's land, and they got it, and the law of inheritance changed because of them.
Who this is
Zelophehad died in the wilderness leaving no sons, only five daughters, and their successful petition to Moses for the right to inherit their father's land in the absence of a male heir set a new legal precedent that adjusted Israel's inheritance laws.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H6765
Where it appears
- Numbers 26:33
- Numbers 27:1
- Numbers 27:7
- Numbers 36:2
- Numbers 36:6
- Numbers 36:10
- Numbers 36:11
- Joshua 17:3
- 1 Chronicles 7:15
