Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Numbers 36:6
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.
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.
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...
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...
LET THEM MARRY TO WHOM THEY THINK BEST, &C.— The Lord, being pleased to approve by Moses the prudence of this representation, ordered, that the daughters should be permitted to have their choice in ma...
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 MOSES COMMANDED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, SAYING, THE TRIBE OF THE SONS OF JOSEPH HATH SAID WELL._ Moses commanded ... according to the word of the Lord. The plea...
36:6 please; (b-20) Lit. 'him who is good in their eyes,' as elsewhere....
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
זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר ־צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה לִ
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...
_Tribe. Hebrew adds family also: for heiresses were obliged to marry in their own family, to prevent the confusion of the inheritances. If they had a mind to renounce their right, they were at liberty...
Although in every point of view, politically and nationally considered, this law seems good, yet certainly it had a much higher significance, in the prospect of gospel mercies. JESUS is the Head of th...
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...
THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD DOTH COMMAND CONCERNING THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD,.... Concerning this affair relative to them; the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases the words, "not for the generatio...
This [is] the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry...
_Only to the family_ They were not confined to any particular person, but might have their choice among such as solicited their consent, who were descended from the same stock. But they were restraine...
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...
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zeiophehad, saying, Let them marry, become wives, TO WHOM THEY THINK BEST; ONLY TO THE FAMILY OF THE TRIBE OF THEIR FATHER SHA...
THE REGULATION...
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...
MARRY: _ Heb._ be wives...
5-12 Those who consult the oracles of God, concerning the making of their heavenly inheritance sure, shall not only be directed what to do, but their inquiries shall be graciously accepted. God would...
They seem hereby to be confined not only to the same tribe, trot also to the family of their tribe, as appears from the reason of the law, for God would have the inheritance of families as well as tri...
*Chapter 36 has been referred to in our meditation on C. H. M....
Numbers 36:6 what H1697 LORD H3068 commands H6680 (H8765) daughters H1323 Zelophehad H6765 saying H559 (H8800) marry...
THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD (NUMBERS 36:5). Analysis. a The women are to marry whom they think fit but within the family of the tribe of their father (within the clan) (Numbers 3...
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...
2 Corinthians 6:14; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 24:57; Genesis 24:58;...
To the family — They seem hereby to he confined not only to the same tribe, but also to the family of their tribe, as appears from the reason of the law, for God would have the inheritance of families...