Now we go to that story that is seldom shared. Not many believers even know about this story, but it’s found in Numbers 27, where during the wilderness journeying, this happened during the time of Moses when they came out of Egypt. And the Bible says there were some women called the daughters of Zelophehad.
Their father had just died. And the father had no sons. So they have no brothers. Usually the son would take after the father, and the first born will receive the double portion of his inheritance, and the second born would receive other parts of the inheritance. But here, this man has no sons. Only daughters, 5 daughters.
And their names are given here. They came to Moses. And there is a law. It’s a law of that time that the father will confer his inheritance to his son. When the father dies, the son takes over. Amen. The son inherits everything. But what if you have no son? Amen. So what happened was that these girls went to Moses.
And don’t forget, Moses is the lawgiver. And they said this: “Why should the name” “of our father be removed from among his family” “because he had no son?” “Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.” I love their spirit, don’t you? “Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.” Because if not, what’s going to happen is that these daughters of Zelophehad, this man Zelophehad who has passed away— his inheritance will go to the brothers or their uncles.
But instead, they said: “Give us the possession that belongs to our father.” Amen. So they intended to change the law that was existing at that time. So Moses the lawgiver was taken aback. “How do I deal with this?” Don’t forget! Moses is known as the lawgiver. Alright? He’s thinking: “There’s no law that covers this.
How do I…?” So he brought the matter to the Lord. Moses brought that case before the Lord. “And the Lord spoke to Moses saying:” “‘The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right.’” I love it! I love what the Lord said about them. “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right.” In other words, their words: “Give us a possession!” “Give us a possession.
” “Let the possession fall on us.” Those words went up to the throne of God, to the very heart of the God of Israel. And the God of Israel answered. You know, wherever God finds faith, He is so pleased. Because faith glorifies God. And God will always honor faith. Amen. Every time you have a good opinion of God, every time you pray as if God is hearing you, as if God is answering your prayer.
