Galaad. The descendants of Machir, who were settled in Galaad, were particularly interested, in knowing how their female relations of the house of Salphaad, were to dispose of their fortunes, which God had allowed them. They knew that, by the law, their husbands would obtain possession; and if those husbands should be of another tribe, part of the land allotted to Manasses might be lost. See chap. xxvii., and Josue xvii. 1, 3.
CHAPTER XXXVI _The inconveniences which might be produced by daughters_, _inheritances, marrying out of their own tribe, remedied on the_ _recommendation of certain chiefs of the tribe of Joseph, w...
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...
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
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...
CHIEF FATHERS. heads. SONS.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), with Syriac, reads "son", as in Numbers 36:12. CHILDREN. sons....
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...
THE CHIEF FATHERS OF THE FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN OF GILEAD— On account of the case of the daughters of Zelophehad, mentioned ch. 27: some of the chief heads of that family, foreseeing a great inconve...
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...
_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 JOSEPH, CAME NEAR, AND SPAKE BEFORE MOSES, AND BEFORE THE PRINC...
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...
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
וַֽ יִּקְרְב֞וּ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽ אָבֹ֗ות לְ מִשְׁ
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...
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...
And the (a) 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 Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the pr...
CONTENTS The subject, relative to Zelophehad's daughters, is resumed. To prevent the inconvenience which might result from the inheritance of daughters, the LORD appoints a remedy in determining that...
This family was more immediately interested in the decision of the point they came to question Moses upon; because it was this tribe which had at present no father, or elder of the house; and the inhe...
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...
1._And the chief fathers of the families. _It might appear strange that God had given an imperfect law with reference to succession, as if what will be now stated had not occurred to His mind until Mo...
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...
AND THE CHIEF FATHERS OF THE FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN OF GILEAD,.... The princes, as Aben Ezra; so the Septuagint version, which was the tribe of Manasseh, whose grandson Gilead was, as follows: THE...
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 Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the prince...
_The chief fathers of the families_, &c. We read before of a provision made for the family of the heiresses of Zelophehad, a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, chap. 27.; and though Moses had secured th...
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...
THE OBJECTION RAISED...
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 Joseph, came near and spake before Moses and before the princes,...
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...
1-4 The heads of the tribe of Manasseh represent the evil which might follow, if the daughters of Zelophehad should marry into any other tribes. They sought to preserve the Divine appointment of inher...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 36 The inconvenience of daughters inheriting is remedied by a general command that all such marry in the tribe of their fathers, to which of them they shall think best, NUMBERS 36:1. T...
*Chapter 36 has been referred to in our meditation on C. H. M....
Numbers 36:1 chief H7218 fathers H1 families H4940 children H1121 Gilead H1568 son H1121 Machir H4353 son H1121 Manasseh
CHAPTER 36 PROBLEMS OF INHERITANCE. 7). THE MANASSITE LEADERS' CONCERN ABOUT LOSING THE LAND IF WOMEN INHERIT. There are two emphases in this last chapter. The first is on the question of the certain...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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...
EXPOSITION THE MARRIAGE OF HEIRESSES (Numbers 36:1). NUMBERS 36:1 THE CHIEF FATHERS. The same phrase is more correctly translated in...
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...
1 Chronicles 7:14; Joshua 17:2; Joshua 17:3; Numbers 26:29; Numbe