Numbers 36

And thus the Prophet shows, that both the head and the members shall live eternally. The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.] This word hand, is often taken for ministry: as where it is said, that the Lord gave the Law by the hand of Moses (Numbers 36:13). Also the Lord…

A question arises, how Elisabeth, who was of the daughters of Aaron, (verse 5,) and Mary, who was descended from the stock of David, could be cousins. This appears to be at variance with the law, which prohibited women from marrying into a different tribe from their own, (Number…

The reply is easy. The daughters of the tribe of Judah, or of any other tribe, were at liberty to marry into the tribe of the priesthood: for they were not prevented by that reason, which is expressed in the law, that no woman should “remove her inheritance” to those who were of…

3. That if a man that had sold his land could by no means redeem it again, at the year of Jubilee he was to have the possession of it again (verse 28). 4. That if daughters were heirs they should not marry out of their father's tribe: and this reason is given, that every man may…