” “This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’ “So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. “And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be the wife of one of the family of her father’s tribe, so that the children of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. “Thus no inheritance shall change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep its own inheritance.” Numbers 36:6-9 (NKJV)
Remember those five daughters of Zelophehad we learned about this morning? Well, when it came to actually dividing up the land and the girls getting married additional questions were raised! If they married outside of their tribe, their inheritance would then belong to their husband’s tribe and the property would no longer belong to their tribe. God said that was unfair!
God was faithful to keep His Word. He had already spoken to what was fair. His declaration here in Numbers 36 only re-emphasizes the original declaration he had given directly concerning the five daughters in Numbers 27. God doesn’t change just because of circumstances or times.
Listen to Sanctus Real as they sing “My God Is Still the Same.”
Published on MyBibleRoom.com 1/24/25, 5:00 pm