Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son” – Numbers 27:4a, NIV
Probing question, so powerful that it shaped history. It was credited to the five daughters of Zelophehad who thought it unfair for them to be devoid of inheritance simply because they are “girls”. Their father didn’t have a single son, otherwise the case wouldn’t have arisen.
To emphasize that He is the God of all humans, the Lord instructed Moses to give their father’s rightful place in the distribution to the 5 ladies. No bias with God, anyone who asks, within the purview of His will, shall receive.
The Lord also used the opportunity to provide an inheritance order for families. Since then, for Israel, the order is from the son to daughter to brother to father’s brother to nearest relative all retained within the same family. Oh, that other peoples will embrace this idea. What a phenomenal guideline for legacy planning.
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