Never forget the three what’s! What from? Believers are redeemed from hell and destruction. What by? By the precious blood of Christ. What to? To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that will not fade away. – (Charles Haddon Spurgeon). … More
Inheritance
In previous instructions it was decreed that the inheritance of a man who died without sons must go to the daughters (27:8). In this passage (vv. 1-12) a situation has arisen involving the daughters of Zelophehad, a descendant of the Manassehite clan of Gilead (27:1-11). The question was as to the disposition of the properties of daughters who married men from other tribes. Zelophehad had five daughters but no sons. This meant that when he died the inheritance would go to his daughters but if the daughters were to marry outside of their tribe, the land would belong to another tribe.
When Moses was confronted with this situation he commanded that in such cases the women should marry within their own tribe so that each tribe would retain its territorial integrity (vv. 7- 9). So Zelophehad’s daughters married their paternal cousins, thus preserving their inheritance within their own tribe (vv. 10-12). Later, when the tribes received their land under Joshua, the daughters of Zelophehad received their inheritance as God had instructed (Joshua 17:3-6). The worst thing that can happen to a promise is the dissolution of its blessing in the process of its fulfillment. Hence the command of unmixed marriages.
The book of numbers covers 39 years and closes with the Israelites poised on the banks of the Jordan river ready to enter the Promised Land. The wanderings in the wilderness have come to an end and the people are preparing for their next big move. The last chapter of Deuteronomy will take up their history again, with the death of Moses. The apostle Paul says that the events described in numbers are examples that warn and help us avoid some of the mistakes the Israelites made (1 Corinthians 10:1-12). From these experiences we learn (1) that unbelief is disastrous, (2) we are not to long for the sinful pleasures of the past, (3) to avoid complaining, (4) and to stay away from all forms of compromise.
Application
The issue dealt with in this passage concerned disqualification of the inheritance. I am so thankful that there is nothing that can ever disqualify me from my eternal inheritance.
Numbers 36:1-13 (English Standard Version)
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The law of female inheritance
Numbers 36:1–13
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Never forget the three what’s! What from? Believers are redeemed from hell and destruction. What by? By the precious blood of Christ. What to? To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that will not fade away. – (Charles Haddon Spurgeon). … More
In previous instructions it was decreed that the inheritance of a man who died without sons must go to the daughters (27:8). In this passage (vv. 1-12) a situation has arisen involving the daughters of Zelophehad, a descendant of the Manassehite clan of Gilead (27:1-11). The question was as to the disposition of the properties of daughters who married men from other tribes. Zelophehad had five daughters but no sons. This meant that when he died the inheritance would go to his daughters but if the daughters were to marry outside of their tribe, the land would belong to another tribe.
When Moses was confronted with this situation he commanded that in such cases the women should marry within their own tribe so that each tribe would retain its territorial integrity (vv. 7- 9). So Zelophehad’s daughters married their paternal cousins, thus preserving their inheritance within their own tribe (vv. 10-12). Later, when the tribes received their land under Joshua, the daughters of Zelophehad received their inheritance as God had instructed (Joshua 17:3-6). The worst thing that can happen to a promise is the dissolution of its blessing in the process of its fulfillment. Hence the command of unmixed marriages.
The book of numbers covers 39 years and closes with the Israelites poised on the banks of the Jordan river ready to enter the Promised Land. The wanderings in the wilderness have come to an end and the people are preparing for their next big move. The last chapter of Deuteronomy will take up their history again, with the death of Moses. The apostle Paul says that the events described in numbers are examples that warn and help us avoid some of the mistakes the Israelites made (1 Corinthians 10:1-12). From these experiences we learn (1) that unbelief is disastrous, (2) we are not to long for the sinful pleasures of the past, (3) to avoid complaining, (4) and to stay away from all forms of compromise.
Application
The issue dealt with in this passage concerned disqualification of the inheritance. I am so thankful that there is nothing that can ever disqualify me from my eternal inheritance.
Numbers 36:1-13 (English Standard Version)
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