One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Tirzah. Every Tirzah in the Bible
person
Tirzah
תִּרְצָה
Tirzah was one of the five daughters of Zelophehad who were granted inheritance rights in the absence of male heirs.
- verses
- 4
- first named
- Numbers 26:33
- last named
- Joshua 17:3
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Manasseh
Description
Who was Tirzah?
Tirzah was one of the five daughters of Zelophehad, a descendant of Manasseh (Num.26.33; 27.1; 36.11; Jos.17.3). Zelophehad had no sons, and his daughters (Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah) approached Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of Israel to seek the right to inherit their father's property. Moses brought their case before the Lord, who instructed him to grant the daughters the right to inherit their father's property in the absence of male heirs (Num.27.1-11). This ruling set a precedent for inheritance rights in Israel. Later, when the Israelites were preparing to enter the Promised Land, the heads of the clan of Manasseh raised concerns about the potential loss of tribal land if the daughters were to marry outside their tribe. In response, the Lord commanded that the daughters of Zelophehad must marry within their father's tribal clan to keep the inheritance within the tribe (Num.36.1-12). Tirzah and her sisters complied with this ruling (Num.36.11). The story of Tirzah and her sisters highlights the importance of inheritance rights and the preservation of tribal allotments in ancient Israel.
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- ZelophehadregistryJoshua 17:3
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