Numbers Worksheet ~ Numbers Chapter 36

Review & Intro: Do you remember in Numbers Chapter 27 the five daughters of Zelophehad asked that their father's inheritance be given to them, since they didn't have any brothers to inherit it, insuring that the land would stay in the family? God had said, "Yes, they're right, if there are no sons, then daughters should be allowed to inherit their father's land." Now, some of the men from the tribe of Manesseh come to Moses regarding this command, saying, "If these women marry outside of the tribe is Israel, then on the next year of jubilee, the land would become the inheritance of the tribe they married into. This isn't fair." God agreed that this would be wrong, so He issues this commandment in Numbers 36:6 ..."Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father." The daughters of Zelophehad, as well as any daughter that inherits land from her father because he has no sons, must marry within their own tribe to avoid this legal problem.

Numbers Chapter 36 - Observation Questions

1.  Who came to appear before Moses and the leaders to discuss the matter of their brother Zelophedad's daughters' inheritance? vs.1,2 -

2.  What was the concern of these men concerning their father's inheritance if these women married into other tribes? vs. 3,4

3.  What did Moses say the word of the Lord was in regard to the tribe of the sons of Joseph in their statements of concern? vs. 5

4. How did the Lord answer the concern of the sons of Joseph and how did it apply to all daughters of inheritance from that point forward? vs. 6-9

5.  What were the names of Zelophehad's daughters? vs. 11 - Name 5

6.  What did these women do in obedience to the Lord's command? vs. 11

7.  Who did the women marry and where did their inheritance remain? vs. 12

8.  Where did the Lord give these ordiances to Moses that was passed on to the sons of Israel?  vs. 13

Application:

9.  This has spiritual implications today as well. Although we do not belong to tribes per se, God has divided all human beings into two camps: believers and unbelievers. And the law we are to obey today is written in 2Corinthians.  What does the Lord tell us?

• 2Cor. 6:14-15 -

Note:  We are not to marry outside of our tribe, our distinction, for, like in the days of the daughters of Zelophedad, it creates terrible problems.  Although we've seen much disobedience to God throughout the book of Numbers, it is good to see that the book ends with the obedience of these five women to the Lord's commandment.

10.  Summarize the lesson and post a prayer if you want.