CHAPTER 27 REGULATION IN RESPECT OF LAND TO BE INHERITED BY WOMEN AND RELATIVES WHERE THERE IS NO FULL BLOOD MALE HEIR AND THE PROVISION OF A SHEPHERD FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (NUMBERS 27:12). This chapter divides into three sections, the provision concerning land to be granted to a man's family po... [ Continue Reading ]
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 might be taken away, because no portion of land would be allocated to him and his family when the distributi... [ Continue Reading ]
“ Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brethren of our father.” Now if he had had a son that son would have received his portion in Gilead and Bashan. No one would have argued. He would also have maintained th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CASE IS BROUGHT BEFORE YAHWEH (NUMBERS 27:5). Numbers 27:5 ‘And Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.' Moses clearly acknowledged that they had a case for he brought the matter before Yahweh, probably by entering the inner sanctuary and standing before the veil (compare Numbers 7:89).... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH ACKNOWLEDGES THE RIGHTNESS OF THEIR CASE. THE DAUGHTERS ARE TO RECEIVE THEIR INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BROTHERS (NUMBERS 27:6). Numbers 27:6 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their fath... [ Continue Reading ]
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 had as yet no male heir would undoubtedly have been concerned about what would happen to their name,... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES IS TOLD TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR DEATH AFTER FIRST SEEING THE LAND. HE PLEADS FOR A NEW SHEPHERD FOR THE PEOPLE (NUMBERS 27:12). Having established that all of the new generation who had died (in contrast with the old. The old died as a punishment. The new did not) would have their names rememb... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES PLEADS FOR A MAN TO REPLACE HIM LEST THE PEOPLE BE AS SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD ON HIS DEPARTURE (NUMBERS 27:15). But the heart of Moses is revealed in his reaction. The people had caused his downfall, but he still yearned that they might be watched over and cared for. And he pleaded with God... [ Continue Reading ]
THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW SHEPHERD (NUMBERS 27:18). And now we come to the one who can enter the land alive, the one chosen by Yahweh to replace Moses. Joshua had been Moses ‘servant. He had been with Moses in Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:13; Exodus 32:17). He had watched over the old tent of meeting where... [ Continue Reading ]