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Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 36:1-13
We again meet the five daughters of Zelophehad, whom we already know. Here it is the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh who now speak to Moses and to the princes about this matter of inheritance, apparently quite unimportant. What is the trouble? Each tribe was to possess its own territory. But in such cases as this where a woman received a share, her marriage to a man from another tribe would have made the inheritance pass to her husband’s tribe. This must not happen. Moses settles the case on the LORD’S behalf. Marriages should be between persons of the same tribe. Young men and young women who belong to the Lord, this instruction concerns you! Marriage can make you lose the enjoyment of your heavenly inheritance. If she or he whom you think of marrying one day does not share in your inheritance, do not embark on any account on such a course!
It is striking that this book of the wilderness concludes with such a note concerning the inheritance. In fact the Jordan was not yet crossed. Was there not still ample time to think about it? Such is not God’s thought. Already He is speaking to us about our heavenly country, for His desire is that our hearts should be occupied with it.
