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4. THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD, THE DEATH OF MOSES AND HIS SUCCESSOR
ANNOUNCED
CHAPTER 27
_ 1. The daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1)_
2. Moses' death announced and his request (Numbers 27:12)...
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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 Levirate...
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UNTO HIS KINSMAN. Compare note on Leviticus 18:6.
A STATUTE OF JUDGMENT: or, regulative statute. Compare Numbers 35:29.
AS. according to what....
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_a statute of judgement_ The expression recurs in Numbers 35:29 only.
It means -a statute which embodies a fixed and authoritative custom."
12 23 (P). _Moses views the land of Canaan, and Joshua is a...
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A formal statement of the law of inheritance. Failing sons, the
property passes to a daughter; failing daughters, to brothers; failing
brothers, to uncles; and failing uncles, to the next-of-kin (see...
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_A law on the inheritance of property_. The Hebrews always adhered
firmly to the principle that landed property must not be alienated
from the tribe or family to which it belonged. In early days,
inhe...
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THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD SPEAK RIGHT— God, approving their
petition, passes their special case into a general law hereafter to be
observed. These daughters of Zelophehad were to enjoy what would ha...
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G. THE PLEA OF ZELOPHEHAD'S DAUGHTERS, AND GOD'S ANSWER (NUMBERS
27:1-11)
TEXT
Numbers 27:1. Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of...
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_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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27:11 right, (a-41) Or 'judgment.'...
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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, of the...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 27
ZELOPHEHAD’S DAUGHTERS – NUMBERS 27:1-11
V1 Zelophehad’s daughters belonged to Manasseh’s *tribe. Zeloph
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וְ אִם ־אֵ֣ין אַחִים֮ לְ אָבִיו֒ וּ
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A NEW GENERATION
Numbers 26:1; Numbers 27:1
THE numbering at Sinai before the sojourn in the Desert of Paran has
its counterpart in the numbering now recorded. In either case those
reckoned are the m...
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JOSHUA APPOINTED MOSES' SUCCESSOR
Numbers 27:1
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 legislate...
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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
inheritanc...
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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: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statut...
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_Uncles. His nephews are at a greater distance from the original
stock. The Ph\'9cnicians carried the same regulations into Africa.
(Grotius, Jur. ii. 7.) The relations by the mother's side, could cla...
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What a gracious interposition of the LORD, in the case of Zelophehad's
daughters; and what a merciful determination! But, Reader! connect
with it what was remarked before, of these five sisters being...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, 28, AND 29.
The journey being now ended, God numbers afresh His people, and counts
them by name, as heirs ready to take possession of the inheritance....
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AND IF HIS FATHER HAVE NO BRETHREN,.... Nor any descending from them:
THEN YE SHALL GIVE HIS INHERITANCE UNTO HIS KINSMAN THAT IS NEXT TO
HIM OF HIS FAMILY: that is nearest of kin to him, though ever...
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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: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statut...
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_No brethren_ Nor sisters, as appears from Numbers 27:8. _A statute of
judgment_ A standing law or rule, whereby to judge of succession to
inheritances in all future times, and whereby the magistrates...
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1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance.
6 The law of inheritances.
12 Moses beeing told of his death, sueth for a successour.
18 Ioshua is appointed to succeed him.
[ZELOPHEHAD.]
1 T...
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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 wilderne...
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1-11 The five daughters of Zelophehad considered themselves as left
destitute, having neither father nor brother to inherit any land.
Their believing expectation that the word of the Lord would be
pe...
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A STATUTE OF JUDGMENT; a statute or rule by which the magistrate shall
give judgment in such cases....
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The conduct of the daughters of Zelophehad, as recorded in the opening
section of this chapter, presents a striking and beautiful contrast to
the unbelief on which we have just been commenting. They,...
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Numbers 27:11 father H1 brothers H251 give H5414 (H8804) inheritance
H5159 relative H7607 closest H7138 family H494
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A GENERAL CASE IS THEN MADE OF WHAT IS TO HAPPEN WHEN A MAN DIES
HAVING NO SON (NUMBERS 27:8 A).
This solution would settle the concerns of many still living fathers
who only had daughters. Some who h...
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CONTENTS: The law of inheritance. Joshua appointed Moses' successor.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eleazar, daughters of Zehophehad, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: The minister of Christ should concern himself in hi...
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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 company
o...
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_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 faith w...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:1__ Chapters Numbers 27:1 address laws
for the land, particularly the inheritance rules and the celebration
of festivals....
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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 t...
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EXPOSITION
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD (Numbers 27:1).
NUMBERS 27:1
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD. The genealogy here given agrees with
those in...
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Chapter twenty-seven, we have the beginning of a woman's lib
organization.
Then there came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher
(Numbers 27:1),
Now what had happened is that the dad had sev...
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1 Samuel 30:25; Jeremiah 32:8; Leviticus 25:25; Leviticus 25:49;...
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A statute of judgment — A statute or rule, by which the magistrates
shall give judgment in such cases....