You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and give their father’s inheritance to them

Numbers 27:1-11

The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord, but he died for his own sin and left no sons. Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

So Moses brought their case before the Lord, and the Lord said to him,  “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and give their father’s inheritance to them.

Say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.’”

Why?
This is the first law in the world, the daughter has the right to inheritance of their father.

Their father died for his own sin means he died in old age, a natural die.

Israelites had the idea of tribe, so the daughters of Zelophehad asked this question and gave them the right of inheritance. During that generation, this was very difficult.

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本章起對第二代的吩咐：好像小型的確是申命記

產業的繼承：留名的概念，紀念上一代的名。人喜歡留名，巴別塔事件就是人想留名。民間信仰一樣，希望死後有人拜，有人紀念。人的心中都有個永恆的概念，永恆的期望。因為神是永恆的。神所賜的產業永遠不會失去，從神來的恩典存到永恆。禧年的概念也是如此，土地不可買斷。神的約要記念到永遠，如同土地是神所賜給各支派的。

事奉的繼承：繼承不能只有財產

第二代要預備好，繼承責任、事奉

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How?

The Lord is almighty and his mind and idea are beyond all of us. Praise His Holy Name.