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So now, land on the west side of the Jordan[a] was given to the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher.

However, Hepher’s son Zelophehad (grandson of Gilead, great-grandson of Machir, and great-great-grandson of Manasseh) had no sons. He had only five daughters whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These women came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua and the Israeli leaders and reminded them, “The Lord told Moses that we were to receive as much property as the men of our tribe.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:2 on the west side of the Jordan, implied.
  2. Joshua 17:4 as much property as the men of our tribe, see Numbers 27:5-7.

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