For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that [is] the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Ver. 14. For ye rebelled.] Sin may rebel in the saints, but not reign; neither is it they that rebel, "but sin that dwelleth in" them; dwelleth, but not domineereth.
Verse Numbers 27:14. _YE REBELLED AGAINST MY COMMANDMENT_] Numbers 20:12....
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)...
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...
REBELLED. Compare Numbers 20:24. MY COMMANDMENT. Hebrew "My mouth". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, "mouth" put for what is spoken by it. WATER. Compare Exodus 17:7. Of another Meriba...
The command to Moses to view the land from a mountain is not obeyed till Deuteronomy 34 (P). This long postponement might seem strange. But it must be remembered that before the greater part of Number...
_because ye_ ACTED UNFAITHFULLY _against my word_ The verb is characteristic of P. It is different from that in Numbers 20:24. And see note on Numbers 20:10-11. _in the strife … to sanctify me_ The sa...
H. MOSES TO VIEW THE LAND OF PROMISE vv. 12-14 TEXT Numbers 27:12. The Lord said to Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13. And...
_AND WHEN THOU HAST SEEN IT, THOU ALSO SHALT BE GATHERED UNTO THY PEOPLE, AS AARON THY BROTHER WAS GATHERED._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
27:14 word (b-6) Lit. 'mouth,' as ch. 3.16. Meribah (c-36) As ch. 20.13....
TO SANCTIFY ME] see on Numbers 20:12....
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...
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
TO SANCTIFY ME... — See Numbers 20:12, where the same expression is used....
כַּ אֲשֶׁר֩ מְרִיתֶ֨ם פִּ֜י בְּ מִדְבַּר ־צִ֗
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...
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...
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...
Moses, though faithful as a servant in GOD'S house, yet partook of the same infirmity as all the race of Adam, concerning whom it is said, "There is none righteous, no, not one." How sweet again, unde...
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...
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....
FOR YE REBELLED AGAINST MY COMMANDMENT THE DESERT OF ZIN,.... Both Moses and Aaron, which was the reason why they were not suffered to go into the land of Canaan, but died a little before the children...
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...
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...
MOSES INFORMED OF HIS END...
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...
12-14 Moses must die, but he shall have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise. This sight of Canaan signified his believing prospect of the better country, that is, the heavenly. Moses must d...
IN KADESH: this is added to distinguish this miscarriage of Moses from that of the people in Rephidim, EXODUS 17:7....
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,...
Numbers 27:14 Wilderness H4057 Zin H6790 strife H4808 congregation H5712 rebelled H4784 (H8804) command H6310 hallow H
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...
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...
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...
_Thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered._ WHY MOSES MUST NOT ENTER CANAAN Eminent as he was in grace and holiness, he was not allowed to enter with his people...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:1__ Chapters Numbers 27:1 address laws for the land, particularly the inheritance rules and the celebration of festivals....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:12 Moses’ sin at Meribah meant he could not enter the land, so a successor had to be appointed (Numbers 20:10)....
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...
EXPOSITION MOSES AND JOSHUA (Numbers 27:12-4). NUMBERS 27:12 AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES. IT is impossible to determine the exact place of this announcement in the order of events narrated. It woul...
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...
Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 32:51; Deuteronomy 32:52; Exodus 17:7;...