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Milcah
Holman Bible Dictionary
(muhl' cuh) Personal name meaning, “queen.” Abraham's niece and the wife of Nahor, the patriarch's brother. She bore eight sons, one of whom was Bethuel, Rebekah's father (Genesis 11:29; Genesis 24:15 ). 2 . One of five daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33 ), left without support after the death of their father. They pled their case before Moses for an inheritance as a son would receive. In a landmark ruling for Israel, God commanded Moses to give each of the daughters an inheritance from their father's estate (Numbers 27:1-8 ); Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3 .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Milcah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/milcah.html. 1991.