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, who_ _stated the case of the daughters of Zelophehad_, 1-4. _The daughters of Zelophehad are comman... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:2. _TO GIVE THE INHERITANCE OF ZELOPHEHAD - UNTO HIS_ _DAUGHTERS._] See this case spoken of at large on Numbers 27:1. Either the first _eleven_ verses of Numbers 27:1 should come in before this chapter, or this chapter should come in immediately after those eleven verses; they cert... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:6. _LET THEM MARRY TO WHOM THEY THINK BEST_] Here was latitude sufficient, and yet a salutary and reasonable restraint, which prevented a vexatious mixture of property and possession.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:8. _EVERY DAUGHTER THAT POSSESSETH AN INHERITANCE_] This law affected none but _heiresses_; all others were at liberty to marry into any of the other tribes. The priests and Levites, who could have no inheritance, were exempt from the operation of this law. Jehoiada had the king of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:11. _MAHLAH, TIRZA, C._] For a curious account of these names, Numbers 27:7, Numbers 27:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:12. _AND THEIR INHERITANCE REMAINED IN - THE FAMILY_] "By this example, and the law of inheritances in the Holy Land, the people of God," says Ainsworth, "are taught to hold fast their inheritance in his promises, and their right in Christ, which they hold by faith; that as the Fath... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 36:13. _THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS, C._] See these different terms analyzed and explained, _Clarke "_Leviticus 26:15_"_. THUS ends the book of Numbers, containing a series of astonishing providences and events. Scarcely any piece of history in the sacred writings is better calculated... [ Continue Reading ]