Numbers 27:1-11
The Grievance of the Daughters of Zelophehad Adjusted.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Grievance of the Daughters of Zelophehad Adjusted.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the daughters of Zeiophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters, the ones who were concerned in this question: MAHLAH, NOAH, AND HOGIAH, AND MILCAH, AND TIRZA... [ Continue Reading ]
And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar, the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, they stepped before the official representatives of the people with a petition, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Our father died in the wilderness, as did all the other men of the older generation, AND HE WAS NOT IN THE COMPANY OF THEM THAT GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH, he had not joined the ranks of the rebels at that time, Numbers 16:11; BUT DIED IN HIS OWN SIN, the c... [ Continue Reading ]
W HY SHOULD THE NAME OF OUR FATHER BE DONE AWAY, cut off, extirpated, and thus destroyed and forgotten, FROM AMONG HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE HATH NO SON? GIVE UNTO US, THEREFORE, A POSSESSION AMONG THE BRETHREN OF OUR FATHER. Their petition was that in such circumstances as those in which they found the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord, for it was a case which required divine adjustment.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
The daughters of Zeiophehad speak right, the justice of their plea was recognized by the Lord; THOU SHALL SURELY GIVE THEM A POSSESSION OF AN INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR FATHER'S BRETHREN; AND THOU SHALT CAUSE THE INHERITANCE OF THEIR FATHER, that which he would have received, had he remained alive, TO... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter (or daughters).... [ Continue Reading ]
and if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it, the order thus being: son, daughter, brothers, uncles, nearest relative beyond this circle; AND IT SHALL BE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL A STATUTE OF JUD... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES INFORMED OF HIS END... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this Mount Abarim, the range which runs parallel to the Jordan and the Dead Sea, the highest point of which, in that section which bore the name Pisgah, was Mount Nebo, from which Moses later viewed the Land of Promise, Deuteronomy 32:48, AND SEE THE LA... [ Continue Reading ]
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shall be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron, thy brother, was gathered, Numbers 20:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
F OR YE REBELLED AGAINST MY COMMANDMENT IN THE DESERT OF ZIN, IN THE STRIFE OF THE CONGREGATION, when the congregation was dissatisfied and murmured against the Lord, Numbers 20:12, TO SANCTIFY ME AT THE WATER BEFORE THEIR EYES; THAT IS THE WATER OF MERIBAH IN KADESH, IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN. There... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, who gives life and breath to all beings, set a man over the congregation, for the definite order of Jehovah would prevent dissatisfaction with the choice of the person,... [ Continue Reading ]
which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, both as they set forth from a camp and as they pitched in a new place, in all the marches and journeys which they still had before them, AND WHICH MAY LEAD THEM OUT, AND WHICH MAY BRING THEM IN; THAT THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD BE NOT A... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, he had shown the intelligence, the executive ability, and the spirituality needed for the difficult office, AND LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM;... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA APPOINTED LEADER OF THE PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
and set him before Eleazar, the priest, and before all the congregation, in a form of ordination or consecration for his work; AND GIVE HIM A CHARGE IN THEIR SIGHT, formally transmit the office of leader to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shall put some of thine honor upon him, as much as Joshua needed for the effective administration of his leadership, THAT ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MAY BE OBEDIENT, giving him the same deference in word and deed which they had owed and usually showed to Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall stand before Eleazar, the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord; he was dependent upon the counsel of the high priest as given by means of the mysterious Urim, for he had no direct access to God, as Moses had, Exodus 28:30. AT HIS WORD, in acco... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar, the priest, and before all the congregation, Deuteronomy 31:7;... [ Continue Reading ]
and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. That was the formal installation and induction of Joshua into the duties of his high office. Although we have no command of God to that effect, we also install the officers of the church with due solem... [ Continue Reading ]