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Hoglah
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Hoglah (hŏg`lə), in the Bible, daughter and coheiress of Zelophehad.


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But then you hit verse 33: Now Zelophehad, son of Hep her, had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah; then the census goes on its humdrum way as if nothing has happened.
Challenging conventional inheritance laws, Moses sides with the daughters, setting a legal precedent: "Rightly the daughters of Zelophehad do speak.
He pointed out that keyn also means "right": "Keyn benot Zelophehad dovrot": "The daughters of Zelophehad are right" (Numbers 27:7).
 
 
 
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