“ And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, ”
The Right of Daughters to Inherit, in Default of Male Issue. To guard against the alienation of property from a family through the absence of male heirs by natural descent, the system of the Levira...
15. And Moses spake. Moses here sets forth not only God’s providence in attending to the welfare of the people, but also his own zeal for them. Hence it appears how paternal was his affectio...
DISCOURSE: 179 APPOINTMENT OF JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES Numbers 27:15-21 . And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation...
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
And Moses spake unto the Lord— The information of his approaching departure did not at all surprize Moses, who, for a long time, had been accustomed to consider death as that circumstance alone whi...
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Law of the Inheritance of Daughters. Joshua appointed as the Success or of Moses 1-11. According to Numbers 26:53 (Cp. Numbers 27:2 ) the land was to be apportioned to the males. Zelophehad...
A NEW GENERATION Numbers 26:1-65 ; Numbers 27:1-23 THE numbering at Sinai before the sojourn in the Desert of Paran has its counterpart in the numbering now recorded. In either case those reck...
Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor Numbers 27:1-23 Up to the last Moses was faithful as a servant to Him that had appointed him in all his house, Hebrews 3:2 . Notice that he did not attempt to...
An interesting historic incident is here recorded during the wilderness wanderings. One Zelophehad had died, leaving no sons but five daughters. These now petitioned that they might have an inheritan...
Let us admire the character of Moses in this point of view, in his concern for the church of GOD: he seems to have more anxiety on this occasion than respecting his own death. But let us turn from Mo...
And Moses spake unto the Lord ,.... Having requested to go into the land and see it, which was denied him; and perceiving he must quickly die, and being a man of a public spirit, and concerned for t...
And Moses spake unto the Lord Concerning his successor. We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among me...
LAWS OF INHERITANCE (vs.1-11) This section is an appendix to chapter 26, for it bears directly on the question of the inheritance of the tribes. Five daughters of one man who had died in the wild...
Joshua Named as Moses's Successor. B. C. 1452. 15 And Moses spake unto the L ORD , say...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Moses Pleads For a Man to Replace Him Lest The People Be As Sheep Without a Shepherd On His Departure ( Numbers 27:15-17 ). But the heart of Moses is revealed in his reaction. The people had cause...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES The request made by the daughters of Zelophehad arose naturally out of the census, which was taken with a view to the distribution of the land amongst the people, and...
Numbers 27:3 . Our father died in the wilderness. These five daughters of Zelophehad allow that their father would not only have forfeited life but estate also, had he joined himself to the compan...
EXPOSITION MOSES AND JOSHUA ( Numbers 27:12-4 ). Numbers 27:12 And the Lord said unto Moses. It is impossible to determine the exact place of this announcement in the order of even...
Moses Informed of his End
And Moses spake unto the Lord — Concerning his successor. We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among m...