July 15, 2011 – Numbers 27

Here we see a large shift in tradition.  Daughters usually didn’t inherit anything, but here we see the daughters of one of the tribes receive land in the promise land.  That is a pretty big shift. 

Also, we see that Moses wants to settle who the leader will be after he is gone.  The strange thing about this is that it is not a child of Moses that is the next leader.  It is unusual for leadership not to pass by heredity.  We see that God picks someone who is worthy, not by blood.  This is, I think, a foreshadowing of God picking David after Saul, rather than one of Saul’s sons.