I love how Zelophehad’s daughters come to Moses again for what will happen to their land when the Jubilee year (see Leviticus 25) comes and their land is taken from them so that they keep it while they marry in their own clan, but Jesus never cared whom their husbands would’ve looked like, Israeli or otherwise. If all five of them were godly and kind and safe enough for them, that should do it. This chapter is found in page 102 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 130-131 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 204-205 of my VOICE copy, and pages 209-210 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
The chapter may be short, but it follows up from where chapter 27 left off. Some of it actually has certain things God never wanted, but again, the Israelites wanted dead religion in those days, even from Exodus 15-17, so He gave them up to the dead works that the author of Hebrews talks about (see Hebrews 6:1). And 2 Corinthians 3:14-16 still rings true today, for it’s a New Testament texts, and Jesus lives again forever, for death couldn’t hold Him down (Acts 2:24) and He cannot die again (Romans 6:9), for He is God. Zelophehad was descended from Joseph, and Gilead, Joseph’s great-grandson through Manasseh, was later known for being filled with healing balms (Jeremiah 8:22), for they built a city with the same name as him after they took Canaan, I think. I’m not very knowledgeable of how Joshua allotted the land to the Israelites when the conquest was done. But the wealth was eventually plundered when their descendants followed wickedness like sheep 🐑 and for a long time, they couldn’t get their nation back without occupation of the Gentiles. There’s a lot of Jewish people in many parts of the world as a result. But I pray they recognise Jesus, for He is willing to forgive them, and no generation is responsible for their predecessors’ sins. I know I’m not.
If my nieces never get married, I don’t know how the family line will continue, but that’s OK; we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. But for now, I want all of them to have exciting childhoods and have plenty of joy all their days, even when they’re old and grey, long after I’m gone, but it would be nice if Jesus were to come back and take us home. Until then, I’ll continue writing Bible notes 📝 📋 on here, and I’ll write a retrospective to reflect on this book 📖 like I had done with all the others.
In Christ,
Ron Outland
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