XXXVI. (1, 2, 3) AND THE CHIEF FATHERS OF THE FAMILIES... — Better, _And the heads of the fathers of the family_... It was at the instance of the daughters of Zelophehad that an ordinance had been enacted, in accordance with which the inheritance of a man who left no sons should pass to his daughter... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE JUBILE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE. — Up to the year of jubile it was possible that the inheritance might revert to the tribe of Manasseh, either by purchase, or as the result of the marriages of the daughters proving childless. At the jubile the transfer of the inheritance to th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MOSES COMMANDED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD. — In regard to the application made by the daughters of Zelophehad to Moses and Eleazar and the princes, it is said that “Moses brought their cause before the Lord” (Numbers 27:5). In the present case there is no express d... [ Continue Reading ]
AND EVERY DAUGHTER, THAT POSSESSETH AN INHERITANCE... — The particular direction which was given in the case of the daughters of Zelophehad is extended in these verses into a general and permanent law that no heiress in Israel should marry out of her father’s tribe, in order that the inheritance mig... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE MARRIED UNTO THEIR FATHER’S BROTHERS’ SONS. — Better, _unto the sons of their near kinsmen._ The word _dod_ generally denotes _an uncle_ on the father’s side, and probably does so in the present case; but in Jeremiah 32:12 it seems to denote _a cousin._... [ Continue Reading ]