Numbers 27:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. ”

Numbers 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But died in his own sin - i. e., perished under the general sentence of exclusion from the land of promise passed on all the older generation, but limited to that generation alone. By virtue of t...
Numbers 27:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own (a) sin, and had no sons. (a)...
Numbers 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

died. Compare Numbers 26:64 ; Numbers 26:65 .
Numbers 27:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Our father died in the wilderness. The plea they allege is no contemptible one, i.e., that their father died after God had called His people to the immediate possession of the promised...
Numbers 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Numbers 27:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Our father died in the wilderness, &c.— In these verses we have the petition of the daughters of Zelophehad, who urged that their father dying without male issue in the wilderness, in his own...
Numbers 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons....
Numbers 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 27:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Numbers 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The case of this family was very singular. And no doubt was ordered to be so by the Divine appointment. But it gave occasion to manifest the faith and piety of those five sisters; for it is very evid...
Numbers 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Our father died in the wilderness ,.... As all the generation of the children of Israel did, that came out of Egypt, who were twenty years old and upwards, excepting Joshua and Caleb: and he was n...
Numbers 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. Ver....
Numbers 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But died in his own sin The sin for which he alone was to suffer in his person, and not in his posterity, meaning, as some think, that incredulity for which all that generation was sentenced to die...
Numbers 27:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Daughters of Zelophehad. B. C. 1452. 1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the so...
Numbers 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was not in the company of Korah, nor in any other rebellion of the people, which must be understood, because all of them are opposed to his own sin, in which alone he is said to die. But they...
Numbers 27:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Case is Put of a Their Father Who Has Died Having No Sons Before He Has received His Portion of the Promised Land ( Numbers 27:3 ). Note their concern. It was that the name of their father mig...
Numbers 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

The daughters of Zelophehad. Women’s rights--a parable I want to use this incident for a twofold purpose. I. In respect to its general teaching. 1. I would exhibit for your imitation the...
Numbers 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD ( Numbers 27:1-4 ). Numbers 27:1 The daughters of Zelophehad. The genealogy here given agrees with those in Numbers 26:29-4 and in Joshu...
Numbers 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Grievance of the Daughters of Zelophehad Adjusted.
Numbers 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 18:4 ; John 8:21 ; John 8:24 ; Numbers 14:35 ; Numbers 26:10 ; Numbers 26:64 ; Numbers 26:65 ; Numbers 26:9 ; Romans 5:12 ; Romans 5:21 ; Romans 6:23
Numbers 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In his own sin — For his own personal sins. It was a truth, and that believed by the Jews that death was a punishment for mens own sins.

Numbers 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 27:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 27:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 27:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes