The Case Is Brought Before Yahweh (Numbers 27:5).
‘And Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.'
Moses clearly acknowledged that they had a case for he brought the matter before Yahweh, probably by entering the inner sanctuary and standing before the veil (compare Numbers 7:89).
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)...
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...
_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...
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...
_AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE BEFORE THE LORD._ Moses brought their cause before the Lord. Had the case involved the application of an existing law in a claim to a patrimonial inheritance, or had th...
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...
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
וַ יַּקְרֵ֥ב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת ־מִשְׁפָּטָ֖ן לִ פְנ
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...
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...
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...
And Moses brought their (b) cause before the LORD. (b) That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters....
_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)_...
What a sweet lesson we ought to draw from hence! Yes, my soul! do thou bring every cause before thy GOD, and never lean upon thine own understanding. See a string of the richest promises to this purpo...
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...
5._And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. _It is probable either that there was a difference of opinion, or that the minds of the judges were in doubt, as respecting an obscure and uncertain p...
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....
AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE BEFORE THE LORD. For it seems it was too difficult for this court to decide; and it devolving upon Moses, as the president of it, and who only could have recourse to God...
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...
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord, for it was a case which required divine adjustment....
The Grievance of the Daughters of Zelophehad Adjusted....
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...
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...
i.e. Into the tabernacle, where God was pleased to speak with Moses upon occasions, EXODUS 25:22 NUMBERS 7:89. For it was a hard case; and though their plea seemed reasonable, yet Moses showed his hum...
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,...
Numbers 27:5 Moses H4872 brought H7126 (H8686) case H4941 before H6440 LORD H3068 Numbers 15
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...
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...
_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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:1__ Chapters Numbers 27:1 address laws for the land, particularly the inheritance rules and the celebration of festivals....
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...
EXPOSITION THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD (Numbers 27:1). NUMBERS 27:1 THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD. The genealogy here given agrees with those in...
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...
Exodus 18:15; Exodus 25:22; Job 23:4; Leviticus 24:12; Leviticus 24:1