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The next allotment went to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh according to their clans: that is, to the sons[a] of Abiezer, to the sons of Helek, to the sons of Asriel, to the sons of Shechem, to the sons of Hepher, and to the sons of Shemida. These were the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, the males according to their clans.

Now Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah. They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the other leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.”

So, in keeping with the word of the Lord, he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:2 Sons may include multiple generations.