Joshua 17:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Num 26:33 : 33 And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Num 27:1 : 1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Num 36:2-9 : 2 And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters. 3 Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe. 4 And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers. 5 So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right. 6 This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe. 7 And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe. 8 And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers. 9 And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage. 10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses: 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

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  • Num 27:1-2
    2 verses
    94%

    1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

    2They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

  • Num 26:32-34
    3 verses
    94%

    32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

    33And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    34These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.

  • Num 36:10-12
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    84%

    10So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

    11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

    12And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

  • 1 Chr 7:13-18
    6 verses
    78%

    13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

    14The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;

    15(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.

    16And Maacah, the wife of Gilead, gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Peresh; and his brother was named Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

    17And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.

    18And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.

  • Josh 17:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

    5And ten parts were given to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of Jordan;

    6Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.

  • Num 27:6-9
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    6And the Lord said to Moses,

    7What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.

    8And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.

    9And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

  • Num 36:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

    2And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

    3Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

  • Josh 17:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

    2And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was given to them by families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.

  • Num 36:6
    72%

    6This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

  • 1 Chr 23:21-23
    3 verses
    70%

    21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

    22And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

    23The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.

  • Num 26:29
    70%

    29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

  • 1 Chr 4:16
    69%

    16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

  • 1 Chr 1:37
    68%

    37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

  • Job 42:15
    68%

    15And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

  • Num 3:17
    68%

    17These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

  • Num 27:4
    67%

    4Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

  • 1 Chr 7:32
    67%

    32And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.

  • 1 Chr 7:30
    67%

    30The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.

  • Gen 46:17
    67%

    17And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

  • 1 Chr 4:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

    7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

  • Num 36:8
    67%

    8And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

  • Exod 2:16
    67%

    16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

  • 1 Chr 4:18-19
    2 verses
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    18And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

    19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

  • 1 Chr 2:34
    66%

    34Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.

  • Exod 6:21
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    21And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

  • 1 Chr 2:4
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    4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • 1 Chr 4:3
    66%

    3And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;