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Text -- Numbers 27:1-19 (NET)
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Context
Special Inheritance Laws
27:1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh , the son Joseph came forward . Now these are the names of his daughters : Mahlah , Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah .
27:2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said ,
27:3 “Our father died in the wilderness , although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah ; but he died for his own sin , and he had no sons .
27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son ? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father .”
27:5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord .
27:6 The Lord said to Moses :
27:7 “The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim . You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives , and you must transfer the inheritance of their father
27:8 And you must tell the Israelites , ‘If a man dies and has no son , then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter ;
27:9 and if he has no daughter , then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers ;
27:10 and if he has no brothers , then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers ;
27:11 and if his father has no brothers , then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family , and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement , as the Lord commanded Moses .’”
Leadership Change
27:12 Then the Lord said to Moses , “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites .
27:13 When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors , as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.
27:14 For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water – the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin .”
27:15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord :
27:16 “Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all humankind , appoint a man over the community ,
27:17 who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out , and who will bring them in, so that the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd .”
27:18 The Lord replied to Moses , “Take Joshua son of Nun , a man in whom is such a spirit , and lay your hand on him;
27:19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community , and commission him publicly .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Zelophehad |
Mahlah |
Inheritance |
Heir |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
PATRIMONY |
Hoglah |
Tirzah |
Israel |
Daughter |
GENEALOGY, 1-7 |
Land |
Property |
Women |
Legislation |
Milcah |
Noah |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
Moses |
Obedience |
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NET Notes -> Num 27:1; Num 27:1; Num 27:3; Num 27:3; Num 27:3; Num 27:4; Num 27:4; Num 27:7; Num 27:7; Num 27:7; Num 27:8; Num 27:11; Num 27:12; Num 27:12; Num 27:12; Num 27:12; Num 27:12; Num 27:13; Num 27:13; Num 27:13; Num 27:14; Num 27:14; Num 27:14; Num 27:14; Num 27:16; Num 27:16; Num 27:17; Num 27:17; Num 27:18; Num 27:18; Num 27:18; Num 27:19; Num 27:19; Num 27:19
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NET Notes: Num 27:4 The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.
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NET Notes: Num 27:7 The verb is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive, from the root עָבַר (’avar, “to pass over...
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NET Notes: Num 27:12 This perfect tense would best be classified as a perfect of resolve: “which I have decided to give.” God had not yet given the land to the...
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NET Notes: Num 27:13 Heb “was gathered.” The phrase “to his ancestors” is elided in the Hebrew text, but is an implied repetition from the beginnin...
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NET Notes: Num 27:14 Using the basic meaning of the word קָדַשׁ (qadash, “to be separate, distinct, set apart”), we can und...
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NET Notes: Num 27:16 This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” th...
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NET Notes: Num 27:17 The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the prec...
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