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Zelophehad in the Bible — Who Was Zelophehad? | fresh.bible

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Zelophehad

A man of Manasseh who had only daughters — they won the right to inherit land

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His daughters' petition to Moses (Numbers 27) established that women could inherit when there were no sons. A landmark legal precedent in Israel's history.

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family_historyDescendant of Manasseh family_historyFather of five daughters

Appears In5 mentions across 3 books

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When the Family Tree Gets Complicated

1 Chronicles 7:14-19

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.

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The Women Who Showed Up

Joshua 17:1-6

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Freedom Within a Framework

Numbers 36:5-9

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