People of the Bible
Zelophehad
Tribe of Joseph
Family
- Father
- Hepher
- Children
- Hoglah, Mahlah, Milcah (daughter of Zelophehad), Noah (daughter of Zelophehad), Tirzah
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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 Moses, who, by divine direction, appointed it as “a statute of judgment” in Israel that daughters should inherit their father’s portion when no sons were left (Num. 27:1-11). But that the possession of Zelophehad might not pass away in the year of jubilee from the tribe to which he belonged, it was ordained by Moses that his daughters should not marry any one out of their father’s tribe; and this afterwards became a general law (Num. 36).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 9 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.