Under Joshua’s leadership the children of Israel took possession of the land of Canaan. And then the land was divided among the different tribes of Israel. 

However, an amazing incident happened in the family of Joseph’s son Manasseh! 

“Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came forward; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, “Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the group of those who gathered together against the LORD, in the group of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons. Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.” Numbers 27:1-4

1. These five sisters were convinced about their inheritance.

2. They did not justify the sin of their father.

3. They had a good understanding of the law that Moses had commanded.

4. They not only obtained their inheritance, but they also obeyed the law of Moses for the  glory of the name of the Lord. And they all became wives to men from the tribe of their fathers.

‘This is what the LORD has commanded regarding the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whomever they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’ ‘And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.’ ‘Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles’ sons. They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father.’ Numbers 36: 6,8, 10 - 12.

Our Lord is coming soon. His saints have an inheritance in His light. Let us not stray left or right from the Word of God. May the Word of God be glorified through our lives!!