“ Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: ”
The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance Numbers 28:6-11 which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without male issue to inherit their father’s property. The chiefs of the...
Heiresses Required to Marry within their own Tribe. This law supplements the enactment in Numbers 27:1-11 , which allowed daughters to inherit their father's property, but still left open the poss...
Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. Moses commanded ... according to the word of the Lord. Th...
The Law Regarding Heiresses According to Numbers 27:1-11 it was decided that, if a man left no sons, his daughters might inherit his property. But if the daughters married into another tribe, th...
THE CITIES OF REFUGE Numbers 35:1-34 ; Numbers 36:1-13 1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an ideal settlement. We have, at...
The question of the inheritance of women, which had already occurred through the application of the daughters of Zelophehad, came up once more, raised by the heads of the tribes. It was possible that...
Although in every point of view, politically and nationally considered, this law seems good, yet certainly it had a much higher significance, in the prospect of gospel mercies. JESUS is the Head of t...
Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. They married into, the family of their father's tribe, according to the following account.
MARRIAGE OF FEMALE HEIRS (vs.1-13) The daughters of Zelophehad had before been assured of inheriting the possession of their father who had died. The problem remained for his tribe (Manasseh) as...
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the L ORD , saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the L ORD doth command...
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The Faithfulness of the Daughters of Zelophehad ( Numbers 36:5-12 ). Analysis. a The women are to marry whom they think fit but within the family of the tribe of their father (within the clan) (...
THE LAW FOR THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES ( Numbers 36:1-12 ) Let us notice— I. The case stated. “And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir,” &c. ( Nu...
Numbers 36:8 . Every daughter that possesseth an inheritance, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father. An heiress was obliged to marry in her own tribe; but other women might...
Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. The law for the marriage of heiresses I. The case stated ( Numbers 36:1-4 ). These proc...
EXPOSITION THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES ( Numbers 36:1-4 ). Numbers 36:1 The chief fathers. The same phrase is more correctly translated in Exodus 6:25 "heads of the fathers." It...
The Regulation
2 Chronicles 30:12 ; Exodus 39:42 ; Exodus 39:43 ; Leviticus 24:23 ; Matthew 28:20