Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Numbers 36:4
Which God appointed principally for this end, to preserve the inheritance in the hands of the tribes and families to which they were first given.
Which God appointed principally for this end, to preserve the inheritance in the hands of the tribes and families to which they were first given.
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...
JUBILE. Compare Leviticus 25....
In the year of Jubile, i.e. every fiftieth year, all _purchased_land returned to its original owners, or their descendants. But the law of Jubile would not affect the cases in which land was _inherite...
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...
AND WHEN THE JUBILEE—SHALL BE— The reason of the complaint was, that if heiresses should marry into other tribes, the paternal inheritance would thus be alienated from the tribe, contrary to the divin...
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 THEY SAID, THE LORD COMMANDED MY LORD TO GIVE THE LAND FOR AN INHERITANCE BY LOT TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: AND MY LORD WAS COMMANDED BY THE LORD TO GIVE THE INHERITANCE OF ZELOPHEHAD OUR BROTHER...
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
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 t...
וְ אִם ־יִהְיֶ֣ה הַ יֹּבֵל֮ לִ בְנֵ֣י
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 when the (c) jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away...
_That is, an explanation of the jubilee, added by St. Jerome, who gives the sense of the Hebrew, though not the very words. --- Lots. Hebrew, "when the jubilee of the children of Israel is come, then...
The Jubilee year was the year of release, when every man's inheritance of land was to be restored to its original owner. See Leviticus 25:10....
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...
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 WHEN THE JUBILEE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE,.... At which time inheritances were to be restored to the original proprietors of them; yet this would be of no service in the present case, bu...
_When the jubilee shall be_, &c. The jubilee itself, they remonstrate, though designed, among other purposes, to preserve a perfect distinction of estates, tribes, and families, would afford no remedy...
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...
And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance, that of Zeiophehad's daughters, BE PUT UNTO THE INHERITANCE OF THE TRIBE WHEREUNTO THEY ARE RECEIVED, by the fact...
THE OBJECTION RAISED...
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...
*Chapter 36 has been referred to in our meditation on C. H. M....
Numbers 36:4 Jubilee H3104 children H1121 Israel H3478 inheritance H5159 added H3254 (H8738) inheritance H5159 tribe...
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...
Isaiah 61:2; Leviticus 25:10; Leviticus 25:23; Luke 4:18; Luke 4:19...