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Verse Numbers 27:17. _THAT THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD BE NOT AS
SHEEP_ _WHICH HAVE NO SHEPHERD._] This is a beautiful expression, and
shows us in what light Moses viewed himself among his people. H...
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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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GO OUT... GO IN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6,
put for life in general, especially all official movements, and
actions....
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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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_WHICH MAY GO OUT BEFORE THEM, AND WHICH MAY GO IN BEFORE THEM, AND
WHICH MAY LEAD THEM OUT, AND WHICH MAY BRING THEM IN; THAT THE
CONGREGATION OF THE LORD BE NOT AS SHEEP WHICH HAVE NO SHEPHERD._
No...
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TO LEAD OUT (to pasture) and to BRING IN (to the fold) is the work of
the shepherd: cp. John 10:3; John 10:4....
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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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WHICH MAY GO OUT BEFORE THEM... — The expression going out and
coming in is used here, as in many other places, to denote the
ordinary life of man (Deuteronomy 28:6; Deuteronomy 31:2). Leading out
and...
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אֲשֶׁר ־יֵצֵ֣א לִ פְנֵיהֶ֗ם וַ
אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙
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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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Which may (e) go out before them, and which may go in before them, and
which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the
congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd....
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Shepherd. Christ makes use of the same comparison, John x. 1. Kings
are often styled shepherds in Homer. Moses begs that his successor may
be enabled to conduct the multitude in both peace and war. --...
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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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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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WHICH MAY GO OUT BEFORE THEM, AND WHICH MAY GO IN BEFORE THEM, AND
WHICH MAY LEAD THEM OUT, AND WHICH MAY BRING THEM IN,.... Which may
lead them out, and go before them in war, and command them in bat...
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_Go out before them_ That is, who may wisely conduct them in all their
affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and
when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor from sh...
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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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which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, both as
they set forth from a camp and as they pitched in a new place, in all
the marches and journeys which they still had before them,...
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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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i.e. Which may wisely conduct them in all their affairs, both when
they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and when they return
home and live in peace. A metaphor from shepherds, as it here fol...
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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 27:17 out H3318 (H8799) before H6440 in H935 (H8799) before
H6440 lead H3318 (H8686) in...
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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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_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...
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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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1 Kings 22:17; 1 Kings 3:7; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Samuel 18:13; 1 Samuel
8:20
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Go out before them — That is, who may wisely conduct them in all
their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other
occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor
from sh...