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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 36:10

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 36:10

Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. They married into, the family of their father’s tribe, according to the following account.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

In Num 36:10-12 it is related that, in accordance with these instructions, the five daughters of Zelophehad, whose names are repeated from Num 26:33 and Num 27:1 (see also Jos 17:3), married husbands from the families of the Manassites, namely, sons of their cousins (? uncles), and thus their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe ( , to be and remain upon anything).

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

Verses 10-13:

The names of Zelophehad’s daughters are mentioned three times in this Book, Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11, and once in Jos 17:3. This implies that the matter was one of great importance, and made a deep impression upon the entire nation.

The daughters of Zelophehad acted within the letter and the spirit of the Law, by marrying their cousins, who were also the next of kin and the legal redeemers of their property, see Le 25:25-27.

“Commandments,” mitsvah, “precept,” written rules and regulations.

“Judgments,” mishpat, legal decisions, either written or oral.

These two terms likely refer to the legal matters settled while Israel was camped in the Plains of Moab awaiting the command to move into the Land of Canaan.

Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

10-12. Their father’s brothers’ sons Cousins or second cousins, since sons may signify merely descendants.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43, Lev 24:23, 2Ch 30:12, Mat 28:20

Reciprocal: Num 26:33 – Zelophehad 1Ch 2:34 – but daughters

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge