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36:1 Then the heads <07218> of the family <04940> groups <01121> <01> of the Gileadites <01568>, the descendant <01121> of Machir <04353>, the descendant <01121> of Manasseh <04519>, who were from the Josephite <03130> <01121> families <04940>, approached <07126> and spoke <01696> before <06440> Moses <04872> and the leaders <05387> who were the heads <07218> of the Israelite <03478> families <01121> <01>. 36:2 They said <0559>, “The Lord <0113> commanded <06680> my lord <03068> to give <05414> the land <0776> as an inheritance <05159> by lot <01486> to the Israelites <03478> <01121>; and my lord <0113> was commanded <06680> by the Lord <03068> to give <05414> the inheritance <05159> of our brother <0251> Zelophehad <06765> to his daughters <01323>. 36:3 Now if they should be married <0802> <01961> to one <0259> of the men <01121> from another Israelite <03478> <01121> tribe <07626>, their inheritance <05159> would be taken <01639> from the inheritance <05159> of our fathers <01> and added <03254> to <05921> the inheritance <05159> of the tribe <04294> into which <0834> they marry <01961>. As a result, it will be taken <01639> from the lot <01486> of our inheritance <05159>. 36:4 And when <0518> the Jubilee <03104> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> is to take place <01961>, their inheritance <05159> will be added <03254> to <05921> the inheritance <05159> of the tribe <04294> into which <0834> they marry <01961>. So their inheritance <05159> will be taken away <01639> from the inheritance <05159> of our ancestral <01> tribe <04294>.” 36:5 Then Moses <04872> gave a ruling <06680> to the Israelites <03478> <01121> by <05921> the word <06310> of the Lord <03068>: “What the tribe <04294> of the Josephites <03130> <01121> is saying <01696> is right <03651>. 36:6 This <02088> is what <01697> the Lord <03068> has commanded <06680> for Zelophehad’s <06765> daughters <01323>: ‘Let them marry <0802> <01961> whomever they think <05869> best <02896>, only <0389> they must marry <0802> <01961> within the family <04940> of their father’s <01> tribe <04294>. 36:7 In this way the inheritance <05159> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> will not <03808> be transferred <05437> from tribe <04294> to <0413> tribe <04294>. But <03588> every one <0376> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> must retain <01692> the ancestral <01> <04294> heritage <05159>. 36:8 And every <03605> daughter <01323> who possesses <03423> an inheritance <05159> from any of the tribes <04294> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> must become <01961> the wife <0802> of a man <0259> from any family <04940> in her father’s <01> tribe <04294>, so that <04616> every <0376> Israelite <03478> <01121> may retain <03423> the inheritance <05159> of his fathers <01>. 36:9 No <03808> inheritance <05159> may pass <05437> from tribe <04294> to tribe <04294>. But <03588> every one <0376> of the tribes <04294> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> must retain <01692> its inheritance <05159>.” 36:10 As <0834> the Lord <03069> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>, so <03651> the daughters <01323> of Zelophehad <06765> did <06213>. 36:11 For the daughters <01323> of Zelophehad <06765>– Mahlah <04244>, Tirzah <08656>, Hoglah <02295>, Milcah <04435>, and Noah <05270>– were <01961> married <0802> to the sons <01121> of their uncles <01730>.

• Num 36:1-4 -- Women and Land Inheritance
• Num 36:5-13 -- Moses' Decision

• Zelophehad

  [ebd] 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...
  [isbe] ZELOPHEHAD - 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 successful...
  [nave] ZELOPHEHAD, grandson of Gilead. His daughters petition for his inheritance, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3-6; 1 Chr. 7:15.
  

• Daughter

  [isbe] DAUGHTER - do'-ter (bath; thugater): Used in Scriptures in several more or less distinct senses: (a) for daughter in the ordinary, literal sense (Gen 46:25; Ex 1:16); (b) daughter-in-law (Ruth 2:2); (c) grand-daughter or oth...
  [nave] DAUGHTER Forbidden to be wife of her mother's husband, Lev. 20:14. Sold in concubinage, Ex. 21:7-10. Given in marriage by parents, Judg. 1:12, 13; 1 Sam. 17:25; 18:20, 21. Property rights of, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3-...
  

• Heir

  [ebd] Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Gen. 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger portion than the rest. The Mosaic law made specific regulations rega...
  [isbe] HEIR - ar: 1. The Word "Heir": In the New Testament "heir" is the invariable translation of kleronomos (15 times), the technical equivalent in Greek, and of the compound sunkleronomos, "co-heir," in Rom 8:17; Eph 3:6; Heb 11...
  [smith] The Hebrew institutions relative to inheritance were of a very simple character. Under the patriarchal system the property was divided among the sons of the legitimate wives, (Genesis 21:10; 24:36; 25:5) a larger portion bein...
  [nave] HEIR. Gal. 4:1, 2.Gen. 15:3; Gen. 21:10 Gal. 4:30. Gen. 25:5, 6; Lev. 25:45, 46; Num. 27:8-11; Num. 36:1-8 Josh. 17:3-6. Deut. 21:15-17; Ruth 4:1-12; Eccl. 2:18, 19 See: Inheritance; Birthright; Firstborn; Orphan; Will. Fi...
  

• Hoglah

  [ebd] partridge, one of the daughters of Zelophehad the Gileadite, to whom portions were assigned by Moses (Num. 26:33; 27:1; 36:11).
  [isbe] HOGLAH - hog'-la (choghlah, "partridge"): The third of five daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 26:33). Zelophehad leaving no male heir, it was made a statute that the inheritance in such cases should pass t...
  [smith] (partridge), the third of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
  [nave] HOGLAH, a daughter of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Josh. 17:3.
  

• Milcah

  [isbe] MILCAH - mil'-ka (milkah; Melcha): (1) Daughter of Haran, wife of Nahor, and grandmother of Rebekah (Gen 11:29; 22:20-23; 24:15,24,47). (2) Daughter of Zelophehad (Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Josh 17:3). Many recent authorities a...
  [smith] (queen or counsel). Daughter of Haran and wife of her uncle Nahor, Abraham?s brother, to whom she bore eight children. (Genesis 11:29; 22:20,23; 24:15,24,47) The fourth daughter of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Jo...
  [nave] MILCAH 1. Wife of Nahor and mother of Bethuel, Gen. 11:29; 22:20-23; 24:15, 24, 47. 2. Daughter of Zelophehad. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 26:33; 27:1-7; 36:1-12; Josh. 17:3, 4.
  

• Tirzah

  [isbe] TIRZAH - tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa): (1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in tur...
  [smith] (delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
  [nave] TIRZAH 1. A daughter of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33; 36:11; Josh. 17:3. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3, 4. 2. A city of Canaan. Captured by Joshua, Josh. 12:24. Becomes the re...
  

• Noah

  [ebd] rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam's death. This patriarch is...
  [smith] (motion), one of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
  [nave] NOAH 1. Son of Lamech, Gen. 5:28, 29. Builds an ark and saves his family from the flood, Gen. 6:14-22; 7:8; Matt. 24:38; Luke 17:27; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Builds an altar and offers sacrifices, Gen. 8:20, 21. Receives t...
  

• Mahlah

  [isbe] MAHLAH - ma'-la (machlah "sickness" or "song," etymology doubtful): (1) Eldest of Zelophehad's 5 daughters (Nu 26:33; 27:1). As Zelophehad, grandson of Manasseh, had no sons, the daughters successfully claimed their father's...
  [nave] MAHLAH One of the daughters of Zelophehad. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 26:33; 27:1-7; 36:1-12; Josh. 17:3, 4.
  

• Moab

  [nave] MOAB 1. Son of Lot, Gen. 19:37. 2. Plains of. Israelites come in, Deut. 2:17, 18. Military forces numbered in, Num. 26:3, 63. The law rehearsed in, by Moses, Num. 35, 36; Deut. 29-33. The Israelites renew their covenant ...
  

• Land

  [nave] LAND Appeared on third creative day, Gen. 1:9. Original title to, from God, Gen. 13:14-17; 15:7; Ex. 23:31; Lev. 25:23. Bought and sold, Gen. 23:3-18; 33:19; Acts 4:34; 5:1-8. Sale and redemption of, laws concerning, Lev....
  

• ABIEZER

  [isbe] ABIEZER - ab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer, Iezerite (in the King James Version Jeezer, Jeezerite), is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph th...
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Property

  [nave] PROPERTY. In Real Estate Gen. 23:17, 18; 26:20. Rights in, violated, Gen. 21:25-30; 26:18-22. Dedicated, Lev. 27:16-25. See: Land. Dwellings. Alienated for debt, Lev. 25:29, 30; by absence, 2 Kin. 8:1-6; in villages, i...
  

• Petition

  [nave] PETITION Right of, recognized by Pharaoh, Ex. 5:15-18; Israel, Num. 27:1-5; 32:1-5; 36:1-5; Josh. 17:4, 14, 16; 21:1, 2; David, 1 Kin. 1:15-21; Rehoboam, 1 Kin. 12:1-17; 2 Chr. 10; Jehoram, 2 Kin. 8:3, 6.
  

• WOMAN

  [isbe] WOMAN - woom'-an ('ishshah, "a woman" (feminine of 'ish, "a man"]; gune, "a woman" "wife"): I. IN THE CREATIVE PLAN II. IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES 1. Prominence of Women 2. Social Equality 3. Marriage Laws 4. Inheritance 5. Dome...
  

• Inheritance

  [nave] INHERITANCE Provisions for inheritance under Levirate marriages, Gen. 38:7-11; Num. 36:6-9; Deut. 25:5-10; Ruth 3:1-8; 4:7-17. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Gen. 15:3; Gen. 21:9-11; Gen. 24:36; Gen. 25:5, 6; Gen. 48:...
  

• Machir

  [ebd] sold. (1.) Manasseh's oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh. 13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead (Nu...
  [nave] MACHIR 1. One of the sons of Manasseh, Gen. 50:23. Father of the Machirites, Num. 26:29; 36:1. The land of Gilead allotted to, Num. 32:39, 40; Deut. 3:15; Josh. 13:31. Certain cities of Bashan given to, Josh. 13:31; 17:1....
  

• SEA

  [smith] The sea, yam , is used in Scripture to denote-- "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." (Genesis 1:2,10; 30:13) etc. Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea...
  

• CHILDREN

  [smith] The blessing of offspring, but especially of the male sex, is highly valued among all eastern nations, while a the absence is regarded as one of the severest punishments. (Genesis 16:2; 7:14; 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 6:23...
  

• NOAH (2)

  [isbe] NOAH (2) - (no`ah, "movement"): One of the daughters of Zelophehad (Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Josh 17:3 ff).
  

• The Inheritance of Zelophedad's Daughters

  

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