Bilangan 27:1

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kemudian mendekatlah anak-anak perempuan Zelafehad bin Hefer bin Gilead bin Makhir bin Manasye dari kaum Manasye bin Yusuf--nama anak-anaknya itu adalah: Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka dan Tirza--

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kemudian mendekatlah anak-anak perempuan Zelafehad bin Hefer bin Gilead bin Makhir bin Manasye dari kaum Manasye bin Yusuf--nama anak-anaknya itu adalah: Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka dan Tirza--

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Sebermula, maka anak-anak perempuan Zelafead bin Hefer bin Gilead bin Makhir bin Manasye, dari pada suku Manaye bin Yusuf, maka nama anak perempuan itu Makhla dan Noa dan Hojla dan Milka dan Tirza, sekalian itu datang hampir,

Contextual Overview

¹ Then came the daughters of Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, of the kinred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph: whose names were Maala, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza. ² And stode before Moyses and Eleazar the priest, and before the lordes, and all the multitude by the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying: ³ Our father dyed in the wyldernesse, and was not in the company of them that gathered them selues together agaynst the Lorde in the congregation of Corah: but dyed in his owne sinne, and had no sonnes. ⁴ Wherefore then is the name of our father taken away from among his kinred, because he hath no sonne? Geue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. ⁵ And Moyses brought their cause before the Lorde. ⁶ And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying. ⁷ The daughters of Zalphaad speake ryght: thou shalt geue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritaunce of their father vnto them. ⁸ And thou shalt speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, saying: If a man dye and haue no sonne, ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter. ⁹ If he haue no daughter, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his brethren. ¹⁰ If he haue also no brethren, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his fathers brethren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the daughters: In the orders for the division of the land, just given, no provision had been made for females, in case of failure of male issue. The five daughters of Zelophehad, therefore, considered themselves as destitute, having neither father nor brother, and being themselves entirely overlooked; and they agreed to refer the case to Moses and the rulers, whether it were not equitable that they should inherit their father's portion. This led to the enactment of an additional law to the civil code of Israel, which satisfactorily ascertained and amply secured the right of succession in cases of inheritance. This law, which is as reasonable as it is just, stands thus -

1. On the demise of the father, the estate descends to the sons.

2. If there be no son, the daughters succeed.

3. If there be no daughter, the brothers of the deceased inherit.

4. If there be no brethren, or paternal uncles, the estate goes to the grand uncles, or brothers of his father.

5. If there be no grand uncles, then the nearest of kin succeeds to the inheritance.

Beyond this fifth degree the law does not extend, because there must always have been some among the Israelites who could be called kinsmen.

Zelophehad: Numbers 26:33, Numbers 36:1-12, Joshua 17:3-6, 1 Chronicles 7:15, Galatians 3:28

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:29 - General Numbers 36:2 - The Lord commanded Numbers 36:11 - General Joshua 17:1 - Machir 1 Chronicles 2:21 - Machir 1 Chronicles 7:14 - Machir

Cross-References

Genesis 27:23
And he knewe him not, because his handes were heary as his brother Esaus handes: and so he blessed hym.

Genesis 27:25
Then sayde he: Bryng me, & let me eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee. And he brought hym, and he ate: and he brought hym wine also, and he dranke.

Genesis 48:10
(And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so that he coulde not [well] see) And he brought them to hym, and he kyssed them, and imbraced them.

1 Samuel 3:2
And as at that tyme Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dymme that he coulde not see.

Ecclesiastes 12:3
When the kepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bowe them selues, when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe, and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme:

John 9:3
Iesus aunswered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor yet his father & mother: but that the workes of God shoulde be shewed in hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the daughters of Zelophehad,.... Who are mentioned among the families of Manasseh, under that of the Hepherites,

Numbers 26:33, their father being dead, and they having no brethren, when they heard the land was to be divided among those that were numbered, and who were only males of twenty years old and upwards, were concerned, lest they should have no share in the division of the land; and therefore came, according to the Targum of Jonathan, to the house of judgment, or court of judicature, where Moses, the princes, c. were now sitting: the genealogy of Zelophehad is given

he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph; by which it appears he was of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the fourth generation from him:

and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, ann Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah; in the same order their names are given in

Numbers 26:33, but in Numbers 36:11, it is a little altered, Noah and Tirzah change places, which Jarchi says shows they were upon an equality one with another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Women in Israel had not, up to the present time, enjoyed any distinct right of inheritance. Yet a father, whether sons had been born to him or not, had the power, either before or at his death, to cause part of his estate to pass to a daughter; in which case her husband married into her family rather than she into his, and the children were regarded as of the family from which the estate had come. Thus, Machir, ancestor of Zelophehad, although he had a son Gilead, left also, as is probable, an inheritance to his daughter, the wife of Hezron of the tribe of Judah, by reason of which their descendants, among whom was Jair, were reckoned as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41; 1 Chronicles 2:21 ff).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXVII

The daughters of Zelophehad claim their inheritance, 1-4.

Moses brings their case before the Lord, 5.

He allows their claim, 6, 7;

and a law is made to regulate the inheritance of daughters,

8-11.

Moses is commanded to go up to Mount Abarim, and view the

promised land, 12;

is apprised of his death, 13;

and because he did not sanctify God at the waters of Meribah, he

shall not enter into it, 14.

Moses requests the Lord to appoint a person to supply his place

as leader of th Israelites, 15-17.

God appoints a Joshua, commands Moses to lay his hands upon him,

to set him before Eleazar the priest, and give him a charge in

the sight of the people, 18-20.

Eleazar shall ask counsel for him by Urim, and at his command

shall the Israelites go out and come in, 21.

Moses does as the Lord commanded him, and consecrates Joshua,

22, 23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII

Verse Numbers 27:1. The daughters of Zelophehad — The singular case of these women caused an additional law to be made to the civil code of Israel, which satisfactorily ascertained and amply secured the right of succession in cases of inheritance. The law, which is as reasonable as it is just, stands thus:

1. On the demise of the father the estate goes to the sons;

2. If there be no son, the daughters succeed;

3. If there be no daughter, the brothers of the deceased inherit;

4. If there be no brethren or paternal uncles, the estate goes to the brothers of his father;

5. If there be no grand uncles or brothers of the father of the deceased, then the nearest akin succeeds to the inheritance.

Beyond the fifth degree the law does not proceed, because as the families of the Israelites were kept distinct in their respective tribes, there must always be some who could be called kinsmen, and were really such, having descended without interruption from the patriarch of the tribe.