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Tirzah

The youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad, who stood with her sisters before Moses, Eleazar and the whole assembly to ask why their father's name should be taken away because he had no son. The ruling in their favour became a statute of inheritance in Israel; a second ruling required them to marry within their father's tribe, and they married their cousins.

Role: Daughter of Zelophehad
Lived: c. 13th century BC
Tribe/lineage: Manasseh

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 2
Family & lineage
BibleDaughter of Zelophehad.
Numbers 26:33
Tribe & people
BibleOf the tribe of Manasseh.
Numbers 26:33

Where in scripture

NumbersJoshua

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

Numbers 26:33

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, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 27:1 — One of the five daughters

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

Numbers 36:11

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.

Joshua 17:3

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Numbers 26:33Numbers 27:1Numbers 36:11Joshua 17:3

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