Who shall ask counsel for him — When he requires him to do so, and in important and difficult matters. Of Urim — Urim is put for both Urim and Thummim. Before the Lord — Ordinarily in the tabernacle near the second veil setting his face to the ark. At his word — The word of the Lord, delivered to him by the high priest.
Verse Numbers 27:21. _ELEAZAR THE PRIEST - SHALL ASK_ COUNSEL _FOR HIM_] Here was a remarkable difference between _him_ and _Moses_. God talked with Moses face to face; but to Joshua only through the...
AND HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST ... - Joshua was thus to be inferior to what Moses had been. For Moses had enjoyed the privilege of unrestricted direct contact with God: Joshua, like all...
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...
HE SHALL STAND. take his stand. Hebrew. _'amad,_ as Numbers 27:2. COUNSEL. Supply _Ellipsis_ with the word "judgment" from next clause. FOR. by. AFTER. for. JUDGMENT. decision. URIM. the Urim. Se...
_The appointment of Joshua_....
_the Urim_ The sacred lot by which the priests ascertained the will of God. On the Urim and Tummim see the writer's note on Exodus 28:30. This verse exemplifies the thought that Joshua's dignity was...
DISCOURSE: 179 APPOINTMENT OF JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES Numbers 27:15. And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, which ma...
HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST— It is the opinion both of Jewish and Christian interpreters, that none but persons of the first dignity were allowed to consult the oracle of God in this mann...
I. JOSHUA APPOINTED TO SUCCEED MOSES vv. 15-23 TEXT Numbers 27:15. And Moses spoke unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17. Which...
_AND HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, WHO SHALL ASK COUNSEL FOR HIM AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF URIM BEFORE THE LORD: AT HIS WORD SHALL THEY GO OUT, AND AT HIS WORD THEY SHALL COME IN, BOTH HE, AND...
27:21 word (a-24) word (a-32) Lit. 'mouth,' as ch. 3.16....
URIM] see on Exodus 28:30....
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
AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF URIM... — See Exodus 28:30, and Note. AT HIS WORD... — i.e., Joshua and the children of Israel were to abide by the decision of the high priest, which was obtained by means of U...
וְ לִ פְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַ כֹּהֵן֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד
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...
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the (h) judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, [both]...
For him. Hebrew adds, "according to the judgment of Urim." See Exodus xxviii. 30. Nothing better shews the theocracy of the Hebrews, as Josephus styles it, (contra Apion, 2,) than this order for the c...
Here we have the gracious answer of GOD to the supplication of Moses, in appointing a successor, and ordaining him to the arduous office. Joshua had, before this, been eminently distinguished in the b...
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...
21._And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest. _Joshua is here subordinated to the priest on one point, viz., to inquire of him by the Urim and Thummim: for, as we have seen before, (237) the digni...
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....
AND HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST,.... This was for the honour of God, whose priest Eleazar was, and whose oracle was consulted by him; for it is said z, the high priest did not come into t...
_Who shall ask counsel for him_ When he requires him so to do, and in important and difficult matters. From this and similar passages, it appears that the authority of the judge, or chief magistrate i...
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...
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 m...
JOSHUA APPOINTED LEADER OF THE PEOPLE...
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...
15-23 Envious spirits do not love their successors; but Moses was not one of these. We should concern ourselves, both in our prayers and in our endeavours, for the rising generation, that religion ma...
WHO SHALL ASK COUNSEL for him, when he requires him to do so, and in important and difficult matters. See Joshua 9:14 Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18 1 Samuel 23:9
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 27:21 stand H5975 (H8799) before H6440 Eleazar H499 priest H3548 inquire H7592 (H8804) before H6440 LORD...
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...
AFTER THE (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 28:30). _...
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...
_Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation._ THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF MEN I. The world’s need of spiritual leaders. 1. The great majority of every generatio...
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)....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:20 SOME OF YOUR AUTHORITY. The people will obey Joshua, as they have Moses. ELEAZAR the high PRIEST will aid him by seeking God’s will. The...
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...
1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 28:6;...