Num 27:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 27:3-4: 27:3-4 Zelophehad had not been part of Korah’s rebellion (16:1-50 ); if he had been, his property rights would apparently have been voided (see 15:30 ; cp. 1 Kgs 21:7-16 ). Israelite society was patriarchal and patrilineal, tracing ancestry and property through the male line. Zelophehad had no sons, but his daughters wanted his family property rights to continue. Zelophehad’s daughters thus made a reasonable appeal for property rights equal to those of males.

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‏ Numbers 27:3-4

Summary for Num 27:3-4: 27:3-4 ^a Zelophehad had not been part of Korah’s rebellion (16:1-50 ^b); if he had been, his property rights would apparently have been voided (see 15:30 ^c; cp. 1 Kgs 21:7-16 ^d). Israelite society was patriarchal and patrilineal, tracing ancestry and property through the male line. Zelophehad had no sons, but his daughters wanted his family property rights to continue. Zelophehad’s daughters thus made a reasonable appeal for property rights equal to those of males.