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 32:33

Land Assignment

32:33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them. ³ 

Numbers 36:1

Women and Land Inheritance

36:1 Then the heads of the family groups ⁴  of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses ⁵  and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. ⁶ 

[27:1]  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.

[27:1]  ² tc The phrase “of the families of Manasseh” is absent from the Latin Vulgate.

[32:33]  ³ tn Heb “the land with its cities in the borders of the cities of the land all around.”

[36:1]  ⁵ tn The expression is “the heads of the fathers by the family of the Gileadites.”

[36:1]  ⁶ tn The Greek and the Syriac add “and before Eleazar the priest.”

[36:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “heads of the fathers.”