Numbers 36:1-13

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 explains itself. But what is the lesson? It is evident that the inheritance given by the Lord must remain with those to whom it is given. And this brought security and comfort to the daughters of Zelophehad. It brings security and comfort to our hearts when we consider that our inheritance in Christ can never be taken from us. It belongs to us and we belong to the inheritance. The same is true of Israel with its earthly inheritance, the promised land.

Thus ends the wilderness book, a marvellous book, like every other portion of God's holy Word. May we remember in the study of this book, as stated in the introduction, that “all these things happened unto them for ensamples; and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Corinthians 10:11). May we pass the time of our sojourning here with fear, realizing our separation unto God, the priestly and Levite service which belongs to us till we reach our eternal inheritance.