878 B
878 B
Zelophehad ... Hepher ... Eleazar
These are men's names. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah
These are women's names. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
to give to us an inheritance
The land is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that the people received as a permanent possession. AT: "to give to us some land as an inheritance" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
he gave those women an inheritance
Possible meanings are 1) "Joshua gave those women an inheritance" or 2) "Eleazar gave those women an inheritance."