zelophehad

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zelophehad - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Zelophehad
  first-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of
  Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons, his
  daughters, concerned lest their father's name should be "done
  away from among his family," made an appeal to Moses, who, by
  divine direction, appointed it as "a statute of judgment" in
  Israel that daughters should inherit their father's portion when
  no sons were left (Num. 27:1-11). But that the possession of
  Zelophehad might not pass away in the year of jubilee from the
  tribe to which he belonged, it was ordained by Moses that his
  daughters should not marry any one out of their father's tribe;
  and this afterwards became a general law (Num. 36).