Chapter 36:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
Numbers 36
Concise Complete
The inheritance of the daughters of Zelophehad. (1-4)
The daughters of Zelophehad are to marry in their own tribe. (5-12) Conclusion.
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Verses 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 inheritances, and that contests and quarrels
should not rise among those who should come afterwards. It is the wisdom and
duty of those who have estates in the world, to settle them, and to dispose of
them, so that no strife and contention may arise.
Verses 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 not have one tribe enriched at the
expense of another. Each tribe was to keep to its own inheritance. The daughters
of Zelophehad submitted to this appointment. How could they fail to marry well,
when God himself directed them? Let the people of God learn how suitable and
proper it is, like the daughters of Israel, to be united only to their own
people. Ought not every true believer Israel, to be united only to their own
people. Ought not every true believer in Jesus, to be very attentive in the near
and tender relations of life, to be united only to such as are united to the
Lord? All our intentions and inclinations ought to be subjected to the will of
God, when that is made known to us, and especially in contracting marriage.
Although the word of God allows affection and preference in this important
relation, it does not sanction that foolish, ungovernable, and idolatrous
passion, which cares not what may be the end; but in defiance of authority,
determines upon self-gratification. All such conduct, however disguised, is
against common sense, the interests of society, the happiness of the marriage
relation, and, what is still more evil, against the religion of Christ.
Verse 13 These are
the judgments the Lord commanded in the plains of Moab. Most of them related to
the settlement in Canaan, into which the Israelites were now entering. Whatever
new condition God, by his providence, brings us into, we must beg him to teach
us the duties of it, and to enable us to do them, that we may do the work of the
day in its day, the duty of a place in its place.
Chapter 36:
| Darby
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| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
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