Numbers 36:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Numbers 36:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said (d) well. (d) For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritan...
Numbers 36:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

word. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.
Numbers 36:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And Moses commanded the children of Israel. The account here given is not identical with the previous one, that Moses referred the matter to God; yet the same thing is more briefly stated...
Numbers 36:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Numbers 36:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord. — In regard to the application made by the daughters of Zelophehad to Moses and Eleazar and the princes, it is said tha...
Numbers 36:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 36:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Numbers 36:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses commanded the children of Israel ,.... Even all the tribes of Israel, whom the following law concerned, as well as the tribe of Manasseh: according to the word of the Lord ; whom no doub...
Numbers 36:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Numbers 36:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their plea is just and reasonable. God did not take particular care about every occurrence that happened, or might happen, but left divers things to be found out by human prudence, which being his ow...
Numbers 36:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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) (...
Numbers 36:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 36:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 36:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Numbers 36:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Numbers 36:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, which he had meanwhile received, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
Numbers 36:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:28 ; Numbers 27:7

Numbers 36:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 36:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 36:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 36:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 36:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 36:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 36:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 36:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 36:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 36:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 36:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 36:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge