ZELOPHEHAD

A descendant of Joseph, whose death in the wilderness, leaving five daughters and no sons, led to the establishment of a law that in such cases daughters should inherit the patrimony of their father; but they were not to marry out of their tribe, Nu 26:33 27:1-11 Jos 17:3,4.

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Zelophehad. Zelophehad
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).

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Zelophehad. the shade or tingling of fear

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ZELOPHEHAD. → (Grandson of Gilead) → His daughters petition for his inheritance Nu 27:1-11; 36; Jos 17:3-6; 1Ch 7:15