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Numbers 26:33 Cross-References
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“And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
Numbers 26:33 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 26:33
Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah (צְלָפְחָד)—This verse's placement within dry genealogy is stunning: it disrupts male-lineage recording to memorialize five women by name. Their case (Numbers 27:1-11) challenged Moses and required direct divine judgment, establishing that covenant inheritance flows through daughters when sons are absent.The daughters' names carry meaning: Mahlah ('sickness'), Noah ('movement'), Hoglah ('partridge'), Milcah ('counsel'), Tirzah ('delight'). Together they repr...
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“the son of Hepher”
“so did the daughters of Zelophehad:”