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Numbers 36:  Stewardship Of God-given Inheritance Collin Leong. June 3, 2026 (v1-13) Marriage of Female Heirs (v1-2) The heads of the father's houses of the clan of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph came and spoke to Moses and the chiefs and heads of clan of people of Israel. They said: "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, the my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to this daughters." Exp: The "heads of the father's houses of the clan" refers to the clan leaders within a tribe, whereas the "chiefs" are those who are overarching tribal heads across Israel - the 10 men listed in Numbers 34:19-28 plus the 2 chiefs of Reuben (Elizur) and Gad (Eliasaph).  Zelophehad was from the clan of Gilead (Num 26:29-22), and the clan of Gilead raises the concern about Zelophehad’s daughters marrying outside the tribe, which could shift land i...

Numbers 35: God Provides Refuge For The Innocent Collin Leong. June 1, 2026 (v1-8) Cities for the Levites (v1-3) The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, "Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities. The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands for their cattle and and livestock and all their beasts.  (v4-5) The pastureland of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a 1000 cubits all around. And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side 2000 cubits, south side 2000 cubits, west side 2000 cubits, north side 2000 cubits, the city in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities.  Exp:  In biblical usage, the “common cubit” is usually taken as 18 inches, while the “long cubit” (Ezekiel) was closer to...