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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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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...
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AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE LORD— The information of his approaching
departure did not at all surprize Moses, who, for a long time, had
been accustomed to consider death as that circumstance alone which...
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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...
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_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....
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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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Moses stifles his personal feelings of disappointment and grief, and
thinks only of the flock he is leaving behind. This noble
selfeffacement was conspicuous on other occasions: see Exodus 32:32;
Numb...
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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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וַ יְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל ־יְהוָ֖ה לֵ
אמֹֽר
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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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Let us admire the character of Moses in this point of view, in his
concern for the church of GOD: he seems to have more anxiety on this
occasion than respecting his own death. But let us turn from Mos...
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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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15._And Moses spake. _Moses here sets forth not only God’s
providence in attending to the welfare of the people, but also his own
zeal for them. Hence it appears how paternal was his affection for
the...
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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 MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE LORD,.... Having requested to go into the
land and see it, which was denied him; and perceiving he must quickly
die, and being a man of a public spirit, and concerned for the...
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_And Moses spake unto the Lord_ Concerning his successor.
We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours
for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among
men...
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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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And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,...
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MOSES INFORMED OF HIS END...
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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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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 27:15 Moses H4872 spoke H1696 (H8762) LORD H3068 saying H559
(H8800)...
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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 do...
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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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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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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)....
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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
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...
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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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And Moses spake unto the Lord — Concerning his successor. We should
concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours for the
rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among men,...