for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
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for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
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For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
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For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.
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Passages linked to Numbers 36:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 27:1 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, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 26:33 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah,…
Num 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
Ver. 11. For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, &c.] The name of these virgins, as one interpreter {a} elsewhere observeth, seem to be not without mystery. For Zelophehad, by interpretation, signifieth the shadow of fear or of dread: his first daughter, Mahlah, infirmity; the second, Noah, wandering; the third, Hoglah, turning about for joy, or dancing; the fourth, Milcah, a queen; the fifth, Tirzah, well-pleasing, or acceptable. By these names we may observe the degrees of our reviving by grace in Christ; for we all are born, as of the shadow of fear, being brought forth in sin, and "for fear of death were all our lifetime subject to bondage." {Heb 2:15} This begetteth infirmity, or sickness, grief of heart for our estate. After which, wandering abroad for help and comfort, we find it in Christ, by whom our "sorrow is turned into joy." He communicates to us of his royalty, making us "kings and priests unto God his Father"; and we shall be presented unto him glorious, "and without blemish." {Eph 5:27} So the Church is beautiful as Tirzah. {Son 6:4}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It is certain whether brothers or sons be taken…
It is certain whether brothers or sons be taken strictly and properly, or more large, as those words are oft used in Scripture.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they were married into the families of the…
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph,.... The family of the Hepherites, of which they were. Aben Ezra observes, that their being married into families, and not a family, is a sign that their uncles' sons were not all of them brethren, or the sons of one man, but of more, though all sons of one or other of their father's, brethren:
and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father; by means of these marriages, even both in their father's tribe and family.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Mahlah, Tirza, &c.] For a curious account…
Verse 11. Mahlah, Tirza, &c.] For a curious account of these names, See Clarke on Nu 27:7.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Father. They married their cousin-germans. The original is rather…
Father. They married their cousin-germans. The original is rather undecisive, as Dod may signify, "an uncle, great uncle, or cousin;" and a son, in Scripture, is often put for any descendant. The marriages of cousins were not expressly forbidden by the law, and if they had, they might have been dispensed with on this occasion, as well as when a brother died without issue. (Calmet) --- Claudius was the first of the Romans who obtained leave of the senate to marry his brother’s daughter. (Suetonius) (Du Hamel)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. In accordance with the law, the five women…
11. In accordance with the law, the five women were married to the sons of their paternal uncles.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons.—Better, unto…
(11) Were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons.—Better, unto the sons of their near kinsmen. The word dod generally denotes an uncle on the father’s side, and probably does so in the present case; but in Jer_32:12 it seems to denote a cousin.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Mahlah, &c. It is a curious instance of the…
Mahlah, &c. It is a curious instance of the inartificial character of the sacred records that these five names, which have not the least interest in themselves, are repeated thrice in this Book, and once in Joshua. ; (Jos_17:3) It is evident that the case made a deep impression upon the mind of the nation at the time. Their father"s brothers" sons. The Hebrew word dwOD is always translated "father"s brother," or "uncle;" and that seems to be its ordinary meaning, although in Jer_32:12 it stands for uncle"s son. There is no reason to depart from the customary reading here. No doubt the daughters of Zelophehad acted according to the spirit as well as the letter of the law, and married the nearest male relatives who were open to their choice.
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