Numbers 26
A guy called Zelophehad had dies without any sons, and his daughters (one of whom is called Noah by the way which I am pretty sure was a boys name last time we came across it in Genesis) asking if their family name should be lost as there are no male heirs.
Moses and Eleazar the priest say "good question" and ask God.
God's response is that if a man has no sons, his estate goes to his daughter, then if he has no daughters, brothers then uncles then some more distant relation.
Strangely enough - parents and wives don't seem to be in line to inherit - which is a bit odd to me.
The next person to inherit is Joshua Son of Nun, not A Nun, apparently his father really was called Nun - I think that Zelophehad probably might have died of vexation trying to spell his name right!
Due to Moses striking the rock in chapter 20 of numbers he will not enter the promised land, but he does not want the Israelites not to have a leader, so God tells Joshua that the job is his, whether he wants it or not. After all Moses interview technique showed just how keen HE was for the job back in Exodus "Can't somebody else do it?"
A guy called Zelophehad had dies without any sons, and his daughters (one of whom is called Noah by the way which I am pretty sure was a boys name last time we came across it in Genesis) asking if their family name should be lost as there are no male heirs.
Moses and Eleazar the priest say "good question" and ask God.
God's response is that if a man has no sons, his estate goes to his daughter, then if he has no daughters, brothers then uncles then some more distant relation.
Strangely enough - parents and wives don't seem to be in line to inherit - which is a bit odd to me.
The next person to inherit is Joshua Son of Nun, not A Nun, apparently his father really was called Nun - I think that Zelophehad probably might have died of vexation trying to spell his name right!
Due to Moses striking the rock in chapter 20 of numbers he will not enter the promised land, but he does not want the Israelites not to have a leader, so God tells Joshua that the job is his, whether he wants it or not. After all Moses interview technique showed just how keen HE was for the job back in Exodus "Can't somebody else do it?"
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