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ZELOPHEHAD

(Heb. ṣĕlopĕḥāḏ)

A descendant of Joseph through Manasseh (Num. 26:28-33) who died in the wilderness without a male heir and, presumably, without a widow who could benefit from invocation of the levirate custom. The significance of Zelophehad’s plight is emphasized literally by a break in the pattern of the census report which stresses sons, clans, and descendants (Num. 26:33), by an inclusion of “daughters” enclosing the repetition of the phrase “the son of” (27:1), and by contrast of the repeated phrase “the son of” with the statement “had no sons, but daughters” (26:33; cf. Josh. 17:3). The prospect that Zelophehad’s family would have no inheritance in Canaan seemed severe; accordingly, his daughters pleaded that he was not among those who rebelled with Korah and his personal sin no more severe than other ancestors who had died in the wilderness (Num. 27:1-4).

Walter E. Brown






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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