partridge, one of the daughters of Zelophehad the Gileadite, to whom portions were assigned by Moses ( Numbers 26:33 ; 27:1 ; 36:11 ).
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(partridge ), the third of the five daughters of Zelophehad. ( Numbers 26:33 ; 27:1 ; 36:11 ; Joshua 17:3 ) (B.C. 1450.)
HOGLAH
hog'-la (choghlah, "partridge"):
The third of five daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 26:33). Zelophehad leaving no male heir, it was made a statute that the inheritance in such cases should pass to the daughters, if such there were, as joint heirs, on condition, however, of marriage within the tribe (Numbers 27:1-11; 36:1-12; Joshua 17:3).
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