Bible Encyclopedias
Zelophehad

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Zedekiah

Next Entry
Zenas

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Zelophehad
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Daughters of Zelophehad
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Zelophehad
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Zelophehad
• Daughters of Zelophehad
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Zelophehad
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Zelophehad
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Zelophehad
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Zelophehad
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Zelophehad
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Zelophehad
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Zelophehad
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Zelophehad
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Zelophehad
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Zelophehad
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Zelophehad
Lexicons
• צְלָפְחָד

Zelo´phehad, son of Hepher, a descendant of Joseph, who had no sons, but five daughters. These came to Moses and Eleazar when now at the edge of the Promised Land, to lay their case before them for adjudication. Their father had died in the wilderness, leaving no male child. The daughters thought themselves entitled to take their father's share of the land. Moses on this brought their cause before Jehovah, who ordered that they should receive their father's inheritance, taking occasion to establish the general rule: 'If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter,' and failing daughters, to his next of kin (_{; , sq. Compare , sq.).}