Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own (a) sin, and had no sons.
(a) According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners.
BUT DIED IN HIS OWN SIN - i. e., perished under the general sentence of exclusion from the land of promise passed on all the older generation, but limited to that generation alone. By virtue of the de...
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...
DIED. Compare Numbers 26:64; Numbers 26:65....
_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...
_he died in his own sin_ in the ordinary sinfulness of a man, like the rest of his generation who died during the forty years in the wilderness. They point out that their father had not taken part in...
OUR FATHER DIED IN THE WILDERNESS, &C.— In these verses we have the petition of the daughters of Zelophehad, who urged that their father dying without male issue in the wilderness, _in his own sin, i....
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...
_OUR FATHER DIED IN THE WILDERNESS, AND HE WAS NOT IN THE COMPANY OF THEM THAT GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH; BUT DIED IN HIS OWN SIN, AND HAD NO SONS._ Our fa...
DIED IN HIS OWN SIN] These words have led Jewish commentators to identify Zelophehad with the man who was stoned for sabbath breaking (Numbers 15:32). But their meaning rather is that Zelophehad had n...
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
אָבִינוּ֮ מֵ֣ת בַּ † מִּדְבָּר֒ וְ ה֨וּא...
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...
_Father, the portion which would have been assigned him; that so those whom we may marry, may take the inheritance, under the name of Salphaad, which some of the children may also bear. (Menochius)_...
The case of this family was very singular. And no doubt was ordered to be so by the Divine appointment. But it gave occasion to manifest the faith and piety of those five sisters; for it is very evide...
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...
3._Our father died in the wilderness. _The plea they allege is no contemptible one, _i.e., _that their father died after God had called His people to the immediate possession of the promised land; for...
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....
OUR FATHER DIED IN THE WILDERNESS,.... As all the generation of the children of Israel did, that came out of Egypt, who were twenty years old and upwards, excepting Joshua and Caleb: AND HE WAS NOT I...
_Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons._ Ver. 3...
_But died in his own sin_ The sin for which he alone was to suffer in his person, and not in his posterity, meaning, as some think, that incredulity for which all that generation was sentenced to die...
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...
Our father died in the wilderness, as did all the other men of the older generation, AND HE WAS NOT IN THE COMPANY OF THEM THAT GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH, h...
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...
HE WAS NOT IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH, nor in any other rebellion of the people, which must be understood, because all of them are opposed to HIS OWN SIN, in which alone he is said to die. But they menti...
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 27:3 father H1 died H4191 (H8804) wilderness H4057 in H8432 company H5712 together H3259 (H8737) LORD...
THE CASE IS PUT OF A THEIR FATHER WHO HAS DIED HAVING NO SONS BEFORE HE HAS RECEIVED HIS PORTION OF THE PROMISED LAND (NUMBERS 27:3). Note their concern. It was that the name of their father might be...
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....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 27:3 HE WAS NOT... IN THE COMPANY OF KORAH (see ch. Numbers 16:1). Perhaps those involved in Korah’s rebellion lost their right to inherit, or
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...
Ezekiel 18:4; John 8:21; John 8:24; Numbers 14:35; Numbers 26:10;...
In his own sin — For his own personal sins. It was a truth, and that believed by the Jews that death was a punishment for mens own sins....