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Verse Numbers 36:6. _LET THEM MARRY TO WHOM THEY THINK BEST_] Here was
latitude sufficient, and yet a salutary and reasonable restraint,
which prevented a vexatious mixture of property and possession....
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The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance Numbers 28:6
which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without male issue
to inherit their father’s property. The chiefs of the Machirit...
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12. THE SECURITY OF THE INHERITANCE
CHAPTER 36
_ 1. The applicants and their statement (Numbers 36:1)_
2. The response of Moses (Numbers 36:5)
3. The epilogue (Numbers 36:13)
The chapter explai
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HEIRESSES REQUIRED TO MARRY WITHIN THEIR OWN TRIBE. This law
supplements the enactment in Numbers 27:1, which allowed daughters to
inherit their father's property, but still left open the possibility...
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P.
The chapter lays down a law that heiresses may not be married to
anyone outside their own tribe. As in ch. 27, the present law is put
in a concrete form. In ch. 27 it was ruled that the daughters...
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LET THEM MARRY TO WHOM THEY THINK BEST, &C.— The Lord, being pleased
to approve by Moses the prudence of this representation, ordered, that
the daughters should be permitted to have their choice in ma...
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G. THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES (NUMBERS 36)
TEXT
Numbers 36:1. And the chief fathers of the families of the children of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the
sons of Jo...
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_AND MOSES COMMANDED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF
THE LORD, SAYING, THE TRIBE OF THE SONS OF JOSEPH HATH SAID WELL._
Moses commanded ... according to the word of the Lord. The plea...
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36:6 please; (b-20) Lit. 'him who is good in their eyes,' as
elsewhere....
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THE LAW REGARDING HEIRESSES
According to Numbers 27:1 it was decided that, if a man left no sons,
his daughters might inherit his property. But if the daughters married
into another tribe, the propert...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 36
THE LAWS ABOUT MARRIED WOMEN AND LAND – NUMBERS 36:1-13
V1 The leaders of the families in Gilead’s *clan
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זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר ־צִוָּ֣ה
יְהוָ֗ה לִ
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THE CITIES OF REFUGE
Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:1
1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES
The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an
ideal settlement. We have, at all events, no...
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The question of the inheritance of women, which had already occurred
through the application of the daughters of Zelophehad, came up once
more, raised by the heads of the tribes. It was possible that...
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_Tribe. Hebrew adds family also: for heiresses were obliged to marry
in their own family, to prevent the confusion of the inheritances. If
they had a mind to renounce their right, they were at liberty...
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Although in every point of view, politically and nationally
considered, this law seems good, yet certainly it had a much higher
significance, in the prospect of gospel mercies. JESUS is the Head of
th...
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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 34, 35, AND 36.
Finally, God takes care of His people in all respects; He marks the
limits of the country they were to enjoy. He settles the taking
possessio...
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THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD DOTH COMMAND CONCERNING THE DAUGHTERS
OF ZELOPHEHAD,.... Concerning this affair relative to them; the Targum
of Jonathan paraphrases the words,
"not for the generatio...
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This [is] the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think
best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they
marry...
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1 The inconuenience of the inheritance of daughters,
5 is remedied by marying in their owne tribes,
7 lest the inheritance should be remoued from the tribe.
10 The daughters of Zelophehad marrie th...
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This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters
of Zeiophehad, saying, Let them marry, become wives, TO WHOM THEY
THINK BEST; ONLY TO THE FAMILY OF THE TRIBE OF THEIR FATHER SHA...
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THE REGULATION...
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MARRIAGE OF FEMALE HEIRS
(vs.1-13)
The daughters of Zelophehad had before been assured of inheriting the
possession of their father who had died. The problem remained for his
tribe (Manasseh) as to w...
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MARRY:
_ Heb._ be wives...
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5-12 Those who consult the oracles of God, concerning the making of
their heavenly inheritance sure, shall not only be directed what to
do, but their inquiries shall be graciously accepted. God would...
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They seem hereby to be confined not only to the same tribe, trot also
to the family of their tribe, as appears from the reason of the law,
for God would have the inheritance of families as well as tri...
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*Chapter 36 has been referred to in our meditation on
C. H. M....
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Numbers 36:6 what H1697 LORD H3068 commands H6680 (H8765) daughters
H1323 Zelophehad H6765 saying H559 (H8800) marry...
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THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD (NUMBERS 36:5).
Analysis.
a The women are to marry whom they think fit but within the family of
the tribe of their father (within the clan) (Numbers 3...
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CONTENTS: Regulations concerning inheritance.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, heads of families, Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah,
Milcah, Noah.
CONCLUSION: It is the wisdom of those who have estates in this world
to...
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Numbers 36:8. _Every daughter that possesseth an inheritance, shall be
wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father._ An heiress was
obliged to marry in her own tribe; but other women might ma...
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_Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the
tribe of their father shall they marry._
THE LAW FOR THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES
I. The case stated (Numbers 36:1). These proceedings...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 36:1__ The jubilee occurred every 50 years.
During that time, land that had been sold was to return to its
original owner (Leviticus 25:10). This did not apply to lan
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THE LAW FOR THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES
(_Numbers 36:1_)
Let us notice—
I. THE CASE STATED.
“And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,
the son of Machir,” &c. (Numbers 36:1). T...
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EXPOSITION
THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES (Numbers 36:1).
NUMBERS 36:1
THE CHIEF FATHERS. The same phrase is more correctly translated in...
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Now in chapter thirty-six you remember this ERA movement. These
daughters of Zelophehad, the guy had seven daughters, no sons. And
they said, "Hey, it isn't fair that we don't get an inheritance in th...
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2 Corinthians 6:14; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 24:57; Genesis 24:58;...
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To the family — They seem hereby to he confined not only to the same
tribe, but also to the family of their tribe, as appears from the
reason of the law, for God would have the inheritance of families...