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GIVE UNTO US - As representing our father; that so he, through us his
representatives, may enjoy a like inheritance with his brethren....
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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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_A law on the inheritance of property_. The Hebrews always adhered
firmly to the principle that landed property must not be alienated
from the tribe or family to which it belonged. In early days,
inhe...
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OUR FATHER DIED IN THE WILDERNESS, &C.— In these verses we have the
petition of the daughters of Zelophehad, who urged that their father
dying without male issue in the wilderness, _in his own sin, i....
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G. THE PLEA OF ZELOPHEHAD'S DAUGHTERS, AND GOD'S ANSWER (NUMBERS
27:1-11)
TEXT
Numbers 27:1. Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of...
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_WHY SHOULD THE NAME OF OUR FATHER BE DONE AWAY FROM AMONG HIS FAMILY,
BECAUSE HE HATH NO SON? GIVE UNTO US THEREFORE A POSSESSION AMONG THE
BRETHREN OF OUR FATHER._
Give unto us ... a possession amo...
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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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לָ֣מָּה יִגָּרַ֤ע שֵׁם ־אָבִ֨ינוּ֙ מִ
תֹּ֣וךְ...
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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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_Their. The first of these pronouns is written larger than usual, the
second is improperly masculine in Hebrew; both, it is pretended, to
honour the young women. (Kennicott)_...
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The case of this family was very singular. And no doubt was ordered to
be so by the Divine appointment. But it gave occasion to manifest the
faith and piety of those five sisters; for it is very evide...
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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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WHY SHOULD THE NAME OF OUR FATHER BE DONE AWAY FROM AMONG HIS FAMILY,
BECAUSE HE HATH NO SON.... Or be withdrawn, and his family lose their
part and share on that account; this they thought was unreas...
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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family,
because he hath no son? Give unto us [therefore] a possession among
the brethren of our father.
Ver. 4. _Give unto us, therefore,...
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_Be done away_ As it will be, if it be not preserved by an inheritance
given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some gather, that the
first son of each of these heiresses was called by their fa...
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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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The Grievance of the Daughters of Zelophehad Adjusted....
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W HY SHOULD THE NAME OF OUR FATHER BE DONE AWAY, cut off, extirpated,
and thus destroyed and forgotten, FROM AMONG HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE
HATH NO SON? GIVE UNTO US, THEREFORE, A POSSESSION AMONG THE BR...
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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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DONE AWAY:
_ Heb._ diminished...
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1-11 The five daughters of Zelophehad considered themselves as left
destitute, having neither father nor brother to inherit any land.
Their believing expectation that the word of the Lord would be
pe...
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BE DONE AWAY; as it will be, if it be not preserved by an inheritance
given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some gather that the
first son of each of these heiresses was called by their fath...
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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 27:4 name H8034 father H1 removed H1639 (H8735) among H8432
family H4940 son H1121 Give H5414 ...
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“ Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his
family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the
brethren of our father.”
Now if he had had a son that son would have r...
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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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_The daughters of Zelophehad._
WOMEN’S RIGHTS--A PARABLE
I want to use this incident for a twofold purpose.
I. In respect to its general teaching.
1. I would exhibit for your imitation the faith w...
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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 27:3 HE WAS NOT... IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH
(see ch. Numbers 16:1). Perhaps those involved in Korah’s rebellion
lost their right to inherit, or
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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
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD (Numbers 27:1).
NUMBERS 27:1
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD. The genealogy here given agrees with
those in...
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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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Exodus 32:11; Joshua 17:4; Proverbs 13:9; Psalms 109:13...
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Be done away — As it will be, if it be not preserved by an
inheritance given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some
gather, that the first son of each of these heiresses was called by
their fa...