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Joshua 17:3

in Joshua 17

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

KJV

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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This verse in Joshua 17

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters,.... The descent of this man is particularly given, to show the truth and reality of it, upon which his daughters made their request, and that granted and now claimed: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah; by the same names, and in the same order they are called in Num 26:33; the order is a little different in Num 36:11.

This site's exposition

had no sons, but daughters

on Joshua 17:3-6

Numbers 27:1-11 heard this case in the wilderness and Numbers 36 refined the ruling, requiring the daughters to marry inside their father's tribe so the land stayed where it fell. Verse 4 is the discharge of it, and the five names are given again in full, Mahlah and Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah, so a case argued before Moses is settled by name a generation later. They come near before Eleazar, Joshua and the princes, which is the court of Numbers 27:2 with Moses gone, and Eleazar is the one man standing in both scenes. How the ten portions of verse 5 are counted is disputed, Barnes reckoning five families from Gilead's male line and five for the daughters of Zelophehad, and other readers dividing them otherwise.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Machir--his descendants. the father of Gilead--Though he had a son of that name (Nu 26:29; 27:1), yet, as is evident from the use of the Hebrew article, reference is made, not to the person, but the province of Gilead. "Father" here means lord or possessor of Gilead.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Zelophehad - had no sons, but daughters - See this case considered at large in the notes on Num 27:1-7 (note); Num 36:1 (note), etc.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלִצְלָפְחָד֩and to Zelophehad

    velitzlafechadH6765 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֵ֨פֶרHepher

    cheferH2660 →9 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • גִּלְעָ֜דGilead

    giladH1568 →134 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • מָכִ֣ירMakir

    makhirH4353 →22 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁ֗הManasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הָ֥יוּthey belonged

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • ל֛וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • בָּנִ֖יםsons

    banimH1121 →4930 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אִם־except

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • בָּנ֑וֹתdaughters

    banotH1323 →588 times

  • וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and these

    veelehH428 →746 times

  • שְׁמ֣וֹת[are] [the] names of

    shemotH8034 →864 times

  • בְּנֹתָ֔יוdaughters his

    benotavH1323 →588 times

  • מַחְלָ֣הMahlah

    machlahH4244 →

  • וְנֹעָ֔הand Noah

    venoahH5270 →

  • חָגְלָ֥הHoglah

    chagelahH2295 →

  • מִלְכָּ֖הMilcah

    milkahH4435 →

  • וְתִרְצָֽה׃and Tirzah

    vetirtzahH8656 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 27:1

    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…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:33

      Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    • Galatians 3:28

      There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

    • Numbers 36:1–12

      Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families…

    • 1 Chronicles 7:15

      Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

    • Joshua 17:3–6

      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,…

  • Through

    Numbers 26:33

    Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 27:1

      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…

    • Numbers 36:10–12

      So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

About Joshua

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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