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A man of Manasseh who had only daughters — they won the right to inherit land
Died in the wilderness with no sons — but his five daughters petitioned Moses directly (Numbers 27), and God ruled in their favor. Women could inherit when there were no sons. A landmark legal precedent that changed Israel's inheritance law.
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Zelophehad appears in Manasseh's genealogy as the father who had only daughters — a brief mention that carries enormous legal weight, pointing back to the landmark inheritance case his daughters won in Numbers 27.
Zelophehad is introduced as the deceased father of five daughters who died without sons — his absence from the inheritance process is precisely what forces his daughters to make their bold legal claim before Joshua and Eleazar.
Zelophehad's daughters are now the direct subjects of God's new ruling — they must marry within their father's tribe, a restriction that preserves their inheritance while protecting Manasseh's allotment.
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