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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/36.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/36.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Zelophehad&#8217s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father&#8217s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/36.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father’s brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father’s brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles’ sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles&#8217 sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles’ sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles’ sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father’s brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married cousins on their father’s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married cousins on their father&#8217s side. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophedad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father's side of the family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah: Zelophehad's daughters married their uncle's sons. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father?s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the daughters of Zelophehad--Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah--were married to the sons of their uncles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, are for wives to the sons of their fathers’ brothers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, are to the sons of their fathers' brethren for wives;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, shall be to the sons of their uncles for wives.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Maala, and Thersa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Noa were married to the sons of their uncle by their father <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Mahlah, and Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noa were wed to the sons of their paternal uncle,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, Zelophehad’s daughters, married sons of their uncles on their father’s side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married sons of their father’s brothers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hagla, Milcah, and Joah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father's brothers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Makhla and Tartsa and Khagla and Melka and Yaa, the daughters of Tsalphkhad, were married to the sons of their father's brothers:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Nua, and Malaa, the daughters of Salpaad, married their cousins;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/36-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=11135" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/36.htm">Zelophehad's Daughters Marry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wat·tih·ye·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4244.htm" title="4244: maḥ·lāh (N-proper-fs) -- A daughter of Zelophehad, also a Gileadite. From chalah; sickness; Machlah, the name of two Israelitesses.">Mahlah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8656.htm" title="8656: ṯir·ṣāh (N-proper-fs) -- From ratsah; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess.">Tirzah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2295.htm" title="2295: wə·ḥā·ḡə·lāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Partridge, a female desc. of Manasseh. Of uncertain derivation; probably a partridge; Choglah, an Israelitess.">Hoglah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4435.htm" title="4435: ū·mil·kāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Two Isr. women. A form of malkah; queen; Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite.">Milcah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5270.htm" title="5270: wə·nō·‘āh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A woman of Manasseh. From nuwa'; movement; Noah, an Israelitess.">and Noah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/6765.htm" title="6765: ṣə·lā·p̄ə·ḥāḏ (N-proper-ms) -- A man of Manasseh. From the same as Tsalaph and 'echad; Tselophchad, an Israelite.">of Zelophehad,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lə·nā·šîm (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">were married</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">to cousins on their</a> <a href="/hebrew/1730.htm" title="1730: ḏō·ḏê·hen (N-mpc:: 3fp) -- Or dod; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle.">father’s side.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Numbers 27:1-11</a></span><br />Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached / the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said, / “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Joshua 17:3-6</a></span><br />But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. / They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD. / Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10-12</a></span><br />and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!” / Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael. / But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60</a></span><br />And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-14.htm">Genesis 31:14-16</a></span><br />And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house? / Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us. / Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/21-9.htm">Exodus 21:9</a></span><br />And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a></span><br />So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-6</a></span><br />When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. / The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-5.htm">Ruth 4:5-10</a></span><br />Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.” / The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.” / Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm">1 Chronicles 23:22</a></span><br />Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-15.htm">Job 42:15</a></span><br />No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a></span><br />No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24-28</a></span><br />“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. / The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-19.htm">Mark 12:19-23</a></span><br />“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children. / Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Luke 20:28-33</a></span><br />“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless. / Then the second ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Numbers 27:1</a></b></br> 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 <i>are</i> the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/1-58.htm">Cousins</a> <a href="/numbers/36-10.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Hoglah</a> <a href="/numbers/36-6.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/numbers/36-6.htm">Married</a> <a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Milcah</a> <a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/numbers/35-14.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Tirzah</a> <a href="/numbers/36-6.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/numbers/36-10.htm">Zelophehad</a> <a href="/numbers/36-10.htm">Zeloph'ehad</a> <a href="/numbers/36-10.htm">Zelophehad's</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm">Cousins</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/joshua/15-6.htm">Hoglah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-18.htm">Married</a> <a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Milcah</a> <a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/joshua/12-24.htm">Tirzah</a> <a href="/numbers/36-12.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Zelophehad</a> <a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Zeloph'ehad</a> <a href="/numbers/27-7.htm">Zelophehad's</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/36-1.htm">The inheritance of daughters is remedied by marrying in their own tribes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/36-10.htm">The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers' sons</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/36.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/36.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad</b><br>These five daughters are significant figures in the narrative of Israel's journey to the Promised Land. Their story begins in <a href="/numbers/27.htm">Numbers 27</a>, where they courageously approach Moses to claim their inheritance rights, as their father died without male heirs. This act highlights the progressive nature of God's law, allowing for the protection and provision of women in a patriarchal society. Their names are mentioned multiple times, emphasizing their importance and the justice of their cause. The inclusion of their names in the biblical text underscores the value of each individual in God's eyes, regardless of gender.<p><b>were married to cousins on their father’s side</b><br>This marriage arrangement was in accordance with the command given by Moses in <a href="/numbers/36-6.htm">Numbers 36:6-9</a>, which was intended to keep the inheritance within the tribe of Manasseh. This reflects the cultural and legal practices of ancient Israel, where land inheritance was crucial for maintaining tribal identity and economic stability. By marrying within their father's clan, the daughters ensured that their father's name and property remained within the tribe, fulfilling the law and preserving the family lineage. This also prefigures the New Testament teaching of spiritual inheritance and the importance of maintaining faith within the community of believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/mahlah,_tirzah,_hoglah,_milcah,_and_noah.htm">Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah</a></b><br>These are the daughters of Zelophehad, who were granted the right to inherit their father's land in the absence of a male heir. Their account is significant in the context of inheritance laws in ancient Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zelophehad.htm">Zelophehad</a></b><br>A member of the tribe of Manasseh, who died without male heirs. His daughters' appeal for inheritance rights led to a change in the law, allowing daughters to inherit if there were no sons.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribe_of_manasseh.htm">Tribe of Manasseh</a></b><br>One of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Joseph's son Manasseh. The daughters' inheritance was within this tribe, highlighting the importance of tribal identity and land inheritance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cousins_on_their_father's_side.htm">Cousins on their father’s side</a></b><br>The daughters married within their tribe to preserve the inheritance within the tribe of Manasseh, as instructed by Moses to maintain tribal boundaries and inheritance rights.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of Israel who, under God's guidance, established the laws regarding inheritance and ensured the daughters of Zelophehad received their rightful inheritance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_fairness.htm">God's Justice and Fairness</a></b><br>The account of Zelophehad's daughters illustrates God's concern for justice and fairness, ensuring that everyone receives their rightful inheritance. This teaches us about God's character and His desire for equity among His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_to_seek_change.htm">Courage to Seek Change</a></b><br>The daughters' boldness in approaching Moses serves as an example of how we can seek change and justice within our communities, trusting in God's guidance and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preservation_of_community_and_family.htm">Preservation of Community and Family</a></b><br>The instruction for the daughters to marry within their tribe underscores the importance of maintaining community and family ties, which can be applied to how we value and preserve our own familial and spiritual communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The daughters' compliance with the command to marry within their tribe demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's laws, which is a principle that remains relevant for believers today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_inheritance_rules_change.htm">Numbers 27:1-11 compared to Deuteronomy 21:15-17: Why do inheritance rules seem to evolve, potentially contradicting the idea of unchanging divine law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_preserve_tribal_land_if_all_is_god's.htm">Why does Numbers 36 emphasize preserving land within a tribe if elsewhere (e.g., Leviticus 25:23) all land is deemed to belong ultimately to God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_zelophehad's_daughters'_inheritance_plausible.htm">Joshua 17:3-6: Is the story of Zelophehad's daughters inheriting land plausible in a strict patriarchal society, or does it conflict with known ancient customs?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_address_women's_inheritance_later.htm">Numbers 27:1-11: If God's law was perfect, why did He only address women's inheritance rights after Zelophehad's daughters complained?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Were married unto their father's brothers' sons.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">unto the sons of their near kinsmen. </span>The word <span class= "ital">dod </span>generally denotes <span class= "ital">an uncle </span>on the father's side, and probably does so in the present case; but in <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm" title="And I gave the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.">Jeremiah 32:12</a> it seems to denote <span class= "ital">a cousin.</span><p>#define description=DESC<p>#define abbreviation=ABBR<p>#define comments=CMTS<p>#define version=3<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Mahlah,</span> etc. It is a curious instance of the inartificial character of the sacred records that these five names, which have not the least interest in themselves, are repeated thrice in this Book, and once in Joshua (<a href="/joshua/17-3.htm">Joshua 17:3</a>). It is evident that the case made a deep impression upon the mind of the nation at the time. <span class="cmt_word">Their</span> <span class="cmt_word">father's brothers' sons.</span> The Hebrew word <span class="hebrew">דּוד</span> is always translated "father's brother," or "uncle;" and that seems to be its ordinary meaning, although in <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Jeremiah 32:12</a> it stands for uncle's son. There is no reason to depart from the customary reading here. No doubt the daughters of Zelophehad acted according to the spirit as well as the letter of the law, and married the nearest male relatives who were open to their choice. The Septuagint <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/36-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Mahlah,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחְלָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(maḥ·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4244.htm">Strong's 4244: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mahlah -- a daughter of Zelophehad, also a Gileadite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Tirzah,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִרְצָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯir·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8656.htm">Strong's 8656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tirzah -- daughter of Zelophehad, also a Canaanite city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hoglah,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָגְלָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·ḡə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2295.htm">Strong's 2295: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hoglah -- 'partridge', a female descendant of Manasseh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Milcah,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִלְכָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mil·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4435.htm">Strong's 4435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milcah -- two Israelite women</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Noah,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנֹעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nō·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5270.htm">Strong's 5270: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- a woman of Manasseh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Zelophehad,</span><br /><span class="heb">צְלָפְחָ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·lā·p̄ə·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6765.htm">Strong's 6765: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zelophehad -- a man of Manasseh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were married</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנָשִֽׁים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to cousins on their</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">father’s side.</span><br /><span class="heb">דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḏō·ḏê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1730.htm">Strong's 1730: </a> </span><span class="str2">To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/36-11.htm">Numbers 36:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/36-11.htm">OT Law: Numbers 36:11 For Mahlah Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/36-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 36:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 36:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/36-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 36:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 36:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>