Numbers 27:1

Special Inheritance Laws

27:1 1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, 2  the son Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 36:2

36:2 They said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give 3  the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

1 sn For additional information on this section, see N. H. Snaith, “The Daughters of Zelophehad,” VT 16 (1966): 124-27; and J. Weingreen, “The Case of the Daughters of Zelophehad,” VT 16 (1966): 518-22.

2 tc The phrase “of the families of Manasseh” is absent from the Latin Vulgate.

3 tn The infinitive construct “to give” serves here as the complement or object of the verb, answering what the Lord had commanded Moses.