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Mahlah

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Named at Numbers 26:33 and 27:1 as a daughter of Zelophehad. In 27:1–4 she and her sisters stand at the door of the Tent of Meeting and ask for a possession among their father’s brothers. Numbers 36:10–11 has her and the other daughters of Zelophehad married to their father’s brothers’ sons, as the LORD commanded Moses. Joshua 17:3–6 says that the daughters of Zelophehad came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers,” and that according to the commandment of the LORD they were given an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

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JOS 17:3–6, engwebp
³But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
⁴They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
⁵Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
⁶because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
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NUM 26:28–37, engwebp
²⁸The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
²⁹The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
³¹and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
³²and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
³³Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
³⁴These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
³⁶These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
³⁷These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
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NUM 27:1–7, engwebp
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 near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
²They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
³“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons.
⁴Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.”
⁵Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
⁶The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
⁷“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
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NUM 36:10–12, engwebp
¹⁰The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses:
¹¹for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
¹²They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
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Zelophehad — Father of — Mahlah

Evidence: Joshua 17:3–6, Numbers 26:28–37, Numbers 27:1–7, Numbers 36:10–12
Took part in (3) — The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance, Zelophehad’s daughters marry their father’s brothers’ sons, The inheritance of the daughters of Zelophehad

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Numbers 26:33 Open that verse

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

Numbers 27:1 Open that verse

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 near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 36:11 Open that verse

for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.

Joshua 17:3 Open that verse

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

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Entry: Mahlah (person-mahlah)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/mahlah
Current wording: Named at Numbers 26:33 and 27:1 as a daughter of Zelophehad. In 27:1–4 she and her sisters stand at the door of the Tent of Meeting and ask for a possession among their father’s brothers. Numbers 36:10–11 has her and the other daughters of Zelophehad married to their father’s brothers’ sons, as the LORD commanded Moses. Joshua 17:3–6 says that the daughters of Zelophehad came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers,” and that according to the commandment of the LORD they were given an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
Cited evidence: JOS 17:3–6, engwebp / NUM 26:28–37, engwebp / NUM 27:1–7, engwebp / NUM 36:10–12, engwebp
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