Dinah's Brothers Were
Concerned For Her Welfare And Reputation
Genesis 34 reads,
34:1Dinah,
the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of
the land. 34:2Shechem the son of
Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her,
and humbled her. 34:3His soul
joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke
kindly to the young lady. 34:4Shechem
spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a
wife."
34:5Now
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his
cattle in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came. 34:6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to
Jacob to talk with him. 34:7The
sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved,
and they were very angry, because he had done folly in
34:11Shechem
said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and
whatever you will tell me I will give. 34:12Ask
me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give
me the young lady as a wife."
34:13The
sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 34:14and said to them, "We can’t do
this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a
reproach to us. 34:15Only on
this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every
male of you be circumcised; 34:16then
will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and
we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 34:17But if you will not listen to us, to be
circumcised, then we will take our sister, and
we will be gone.
34:18Their
words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor’s son. 34:19The
young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s
daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father. 34:20Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the
gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying, 34:21"These men are peaceful with us.
Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For, behold, the land is
large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us
give them our daughters. 34:22Only
on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 34:23Won’t their cattle and their substance and
all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will
dwell with us."
34:24All
who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son;
and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 34:25It happened on the third day, when they
were sore, that two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each
took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males. 34:26They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son,
with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went
away. 34:27Jacob’s sons came on the
dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 34:28They took their flocks, their herds, their
donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field; 34:29and all their wealth. They took captive
all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was
in the house. 34:30Jacob said to
Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in
number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I
will be destroyed, I and my house."
34:31They
said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
Weren't Jacob's sons grieved and very angry, when they heard that Shechem
had sexually defiled their sister, which thing ought not to be done, seeing it
was folly in
Sometimes Brethren Should
Separate From One Another
Genesis 36:6-8 reads,
36:6Esau
took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household,
with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had
gathered in the
Shouldn't brethren separate themselves from one another when it is appropriate to do so? Wasn't it appropriate for Esau and Jacob to separate from one another when the land of their collective dwelling could no longer support their collective possessions? Isn't the reason for such separation the preservation of peace and harmony amongst brethren, seeing that strife is the inevitable result of congestion? Doesn't this imply that when the risk of strife between brethren is high, it is better for them to separate and remain in peace and harmony than to live together in strife?
Joseph's Brothers Harboured
Hatred Against Him
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-20 reads,
37:1Jacob
lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the
37:12His
brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 37:13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your
brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them."
He said to him, "Here I am."
37:14He
said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and
well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of
the
37:16He
said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are
feeding the flock."
37:17The
man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to
Joseph went after his brothers, and found them
in
Didn't Joseph's brethren hate him on account of their father loving him more than he loved them? Didn't they hate Joseph without a cause, seeing that Joseph had done no wrong against them? Didn't their hatred eventually grow into their harbouring murder in their hearts, seeing they sought to murder him? Didn't they succumb to sin, allowing sin to overcome and rule over them, rather than the other way round?
Didn't Jacob manifest a concern for his children? Wasn't this in keeping with being his brethren's keeper?
Act As Your Brethren's
Keeper, Even In Death
Genesis 38:1-11 reads,
38:1It
happened at that time, that
Didn't
Jacob Was Concerned For The
Welfare Of His Household
Genesis 42:1-4 reads,
42:1Now
Jacob saw that there was grain in
Didn't Jacob show his concern for the welfare of those in his household, making arrangements for the preservation of their lives when they were faced with famine? Aren't brethren supposed to show concern for one another, providing one another with their needs when it is in their power to do so?
Show Compassion Upon Your
Brethren
Genesis 42:13-20 reads,
42:13They
said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the
land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one
is no more."
42:14Joseph
said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies.’ 42:15Hereby you shall be tested. By the life of
Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother come
here. 42:16Send one of you, and let
him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested,
whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are
spies." 42:17He put them all
together into custody three days.
42:18Joseph
said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God. 42:19If you are honest men, then let one of
your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the
famine of your houses. 42:20Bring
your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t
die."
They did so.
Didn't Joseph show compassion upon his brethren, allowing them to return to their families and take food for them, in order to preserve their lives in the famine? Wasn't this in keeping with being a brother's keeper, doing what is in one's power in providing for the needs of one's brother?
Joseph Understood That Yahweh
Had Sent Him To Egypt To Preserve The Lives Of His Brethren
Genesis 45:1-15 reads,
45:1Then
Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he
cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" There stood no man with
him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 45:2He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the
house of Pharaoh heard. 45:3Joseph
said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?"
His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they
were terrified at his presence. 45:4Joseph
said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."
They came near. "He said, I am Joseph,
your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 45:5Now
don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God
sent me before you to preserve life. 45:6For
these two years has the famine been in the land, and there are yet five years,
in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 45:7God sent me before you to preserve you a
remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 45:8So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but
God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and
ruler over all the land of Egypt. 45:9Hurry,
and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says,
"God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait. 45:10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and
you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your
flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 45:11There
I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to
poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."’ 45:12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my
brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 45:13You shall tell my father of all my glory
in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father
down here." 45:14He fell on his
brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 45:15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on
them. After that his brothers talked with him.
Don't Joseph's words clearly show that he understood why Yahweh had sent him to Egypt? Didn't Yahweh send him there in order to preserve the lives of his brethren - his father's entire household? Didn't he comply with Yahweh's will for both him and his father's household? Didn't he undertake to provide his father's entire household with all of their needs, to prevent them coming to poverty in the famine? Wasn't Joseph's behaviour in keeping with Yahweh's requirement that we are all our brethren's keepers?
Don't Take Vengeance Against
Your Brethren
Genesis 50:15-21 reads,
50:15When
Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be
that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which
we did to him. 50:16They
sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he
died, saying, 50:17"So will you
tell Joseph, ‘Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their
sin, because they did evil to you.’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the
servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to
him. 50:18His brothers also went and
fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your
servants." 50:19Joseph said to
them, "Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? 50:20As for you, you meant evil against me, but
God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people
alive. 50:21Now therefore don’t be
afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them,
and spoke kindly to them.
Wasn't Joseph's heart right before Yahweh, in that he didn't take vengeance against his brothers for their sin against him? Didn't Joseph clearly understand that vengeance is Yahweh's and therefore it was not for him to take vengeance in his own hands? Didn't Joseph reiterate that he would continue being his brethren's keeper, providing them with all of their needs? Didn't Joseph truly fulfil Yahweh's will for him in his dealings with his brethren?
Moses' Sister Acted As His
Keeper
Exodus 2:1-10 reads,
2:1A
man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. 2:2The woman conceived, and bore a son. When
she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 2:3When she could no longer hide him, she took
a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the
child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. 2:4His sister stood far off, to see what would
be done to him. 2:5Pharaoh’s
daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the
riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.
2:6She opened it, and saw the child,
and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is
one of the Hebrews’ children."
2:7Then
his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for
you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"
2:8Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, "Go."
The maiden went and called the child’s
mother. 2:9Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I
will give you your wages."
The woman took the child, and nursed it. 2:10The child grew, and she brought him to
Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,
and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
Didn't Moses' sister manifest a care and concern for her brother, quite in keeping with Yahweh's injunction to humans to be their brethren's keepers?
Moses Acted As His Brethren's
Keeper
Exodus 2:11-15 reads,
2:11It
happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his
brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew,
one of his brothers. 2:12He looked
this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the
Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
2:13He
went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with
each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your
fellow?"
2:14He
said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me,
as you killed the Egyptian?"
Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this
thing is known." 2:15Now when
Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face
of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
Didn't Moses manifest a heart of concern for the welfare of his brothers, such as is befitting of a brother's keeper?
Obeying Yahweh Takes
Precedence Over Keeping Your Brethren
Exodus 32:25-29 reads,
32:25When
Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a
derision among their enemies,) 32:26then
Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh’s
side, come to me!"
All the sons of Levi gathered themselves
together to him. 32:27He
said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Every man put his sword
on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and
every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his
neighbor." 32:28The sons of
Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men. 32:29Moses
said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against
his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this
day."
Doesn't obeying Yahweh's word take precedence over being our brother's keeper? In other words, aren't we to love Yahweh more than we love our brethren, even executing Yahweh's word against our brethren when Yahweh so commands it?
Yahweh Forbids Sex Between
Close Relatives
Leviticus 18:1-6, 24-30 reads,
18:1Yahweh
said to Moses, 18:2"Speak to
the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God. 18:3You shall not do as they do in the land of
Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan,
where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes. 18:4You shall do my ordinances, and you shall
keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God. 18:5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my
ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
18:6"'None
of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their
nakedness: I am Yahweh.
18:24"'Don't
defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I
am casting out before you were defiled. 18:25The
land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out
her inhabitants. 18:26You therefore
shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these
abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who sojourns among you;
18:27(for all these abominations
have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became
defiled); 18:28that the land not
vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was
before you.
18:29"'For
whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall
be cut off from among their people. 18:30Therefore
you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable
customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves
with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
Doesn't Yahweh make clear that sexual relations between close physical relatives defiles those who so partake of them? Doesn't Yahweh also show that the geographical locations wherein such defiling acts take place likewise become defiled? And doesn't Yahweh show that the remedy for the land is its cleansing, achieved by the defilers being removed out of it? In other words, when those making a place dirty are removed from that place, will not the production of dirt cease in that place?
Leviticus 19:17-18 reads,
19:17You
shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall surely rebuke your
neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 19:18You
shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your
people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am Yahweh.
Hasn't Yahweh clearly commanded us not to hate in our hearts our brethren? Hasn't Yahweh clearly shown that one who so hates his brother bears sin on account of hating his brother? Hasn't Yahweh shown as how to deal with an errant brother? Isn't the manner of dealing with an errant brother one of rebuking him for his error?
Hasn't Yahweh also clearly shown that it is not for us to execute vengeance? Didn't Joseph show that it is for Yahweh to execute vengeance and not for human beings?
Love Your Neighbour As You
Love Yourself
Doesn't Yahweh show us that we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves, and therefore should not bear grudges against them?
Provide For Your Needy
Brethren
Leviticus 25:25-28 reads,
25:25If
your brother be grew poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his
kinsman who is next to him come, and shall redeem that which his brother has
sold. 25:26If a man have
no one to redeem it, and he be grew rich and find sufficient to redeem it; 25:27then let him reckon the years of the sale
of it, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall
return to his possession. 25:28But
if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then that which he has sold shall
remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in
the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.
Doesn't Yahweh again reiterate that we are indeed to be our brethren's keeper? Doesn't a brother redeeming one's land or possession clearly show that he is indeed acting as his brother's keeper, preserving within his brother's family what belongs to his brother, rather than allowing it to be lost to outsiders?
Leviticus 25:35-55 reads,
25:35If
your brother has grown poor, and his hand fail with you; then you shall uphold
him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with you. 25:36Take no interest of him or increase, but
fear your God; that your brother may live with you. 25:37You shall not give him your money on
interest, nor give him your victuals for increase. 25:38I am Yahweh your God, who brought you
forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your
God.
25:39If
your brother has grown poor with you, and sell himself to you; you shall not
make him to serve as a bond-servant. 25:40As
a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with
you to the year of jubilee: 25:41then
shall he go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his
own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return. 25:42For they are my servants, whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondservants. 25:43You shall not rule over him with rigor,
but shall fear your God. 25:44As
for your bondservants, and your bondmaids, whom you shall have; of the nations
that are round about you, of them shall you buy bondservants and bondmaids.
25:45Moreover
of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them shall you buy,
and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land:
and they shall be your possession. 25:46You
shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a
possession; of them shall you take your bondservants forever: but over your
brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with
rigor.
25:47If
a stranger or sojourner with you has grown rich, and your brother has grown
poor beside him, and sell himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to
the stock of the stranger’s family; 25:48after
that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him; 25:49or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may
redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him;
or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself. 25:50He shall reckon with him who bought him
from the year that he sold himself to him to the year of jubilee: and the price
of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of
a hired servant shall he be with him. 25:51If
there be yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his
redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 25:52If there remain but few years to the year
of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years shall he give
back the price of his redemption. 25:53As
a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor
over him in your sight. 25:54If he
isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he,
and his children with him. 25:55For
to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahweh your God.
Doesn't Yahweh repeatedly stress that we are to act as our brethren's keepers, providing them with their needs when it is in our power to do so? Doesn't Yahweh also show that when our brethren fall under hard times and come under our authority, we are not to rule over them with rigour, but gently, as befits brethren working together? Doesn't Yahweh also make a distinction between how one deals with brethren and how one deals with outsiders? Hasn't Yahweh shown that whereas brethren should be dealt with gently, he does not impose the same requirement on dealings with outsiders? Doesn't he allow the children of Israel to make bondservants of outsiders, but not of their own brethren? And doesn't he imply that part of rigorously ruling over another is making a bondservant out of the other? Shouldn't we therefore refrain from making bondservants of our brethren?
Serving Yahweh Takes
Precedence Over Unnecessary Family Matters
Numbers 6:1-8 reads,
6:1Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 6:2"Speak
to the children of Israel, and tell them: When either man or woman shall
make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh, 6:3he shall separate himself from wine and
strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink,
neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 6:4All the days of his separation he shall eat
nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
6:5"All
the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until
the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be
holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
6:6"All
the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body. 6:7He shall not make himself unclean for his
father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die;
because his separation to God is on his head. 6:8All
the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh.
Doesn't Yahweh show that those who are separated to him are holy and are therefore not to defile themselves by going near a dead body? Doesn't this imply that serving Yahweh supersedes attending to unnecessary family matters, such as burying the dead, even though these are matters important to family members? In other words, doesn't this show that due precedence should be applied in our relationship with Yahweh on the one hand, and with our relationship with our brethren on the other hand?
Edom Failed To Act As
Israel's Keeper
Numbers 20:14-21 reads,
20:14Moses
sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel,
You know all the travail that has befallen us: 20:15how
our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the
Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers: 20:16and
when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us
forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of
your border. 20:17Please let us pass
through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither
will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king’s highway;
we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed
your border. 20:18Edom
said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword
against you. 20:19The children
of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water,
I and my cattle, then will I give the price of it: let me only, without doing
anything else, pass through on my feet. 20:20He
said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people,
and with a strong hand. 20:21Thus Edom
refused to give Israel passage through his border: why Israel turned away from
him.
Didn't Edom fail to act as Yahweh desires brethren act? Wasn't Edom supposed to provide Israel with the latter's need provided it was in Edom's power to do so? Didn't Edom refuse to act as his brother's keeper, refusing to provide Israel with his requested need?
Unmarried Daughters Should
Act As Their Parents' Keepers
Numbers 27:1-11 reads,
27:1Then
drew near 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; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and
Milcah, and Tirzah. 27:2They stood
before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the
congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, 27:3Our father died in the wilderness, and he
was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against
Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
27:4Why should the name of our
father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a
possession among the brothers of our father. 27:5Moses
brought their cause before Yahweh. 27:6Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 27:7The
daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of
an inheritance among their father’s brothers; and you shall cause the
inheritance of their father to pass to them. 27:8You
shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son,
then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. 27:9If he have no daughter, then you shall give
his inheritance to his brothers. 27:10If
he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
27:11If his father have no brothers,
then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his
family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel
a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Didn't the daughters of Zelophehad behave in a manner befitting one who is his brother's keeper? Didn't they act to preserve their father's inheritance within Israel, thereby ensuring that their father's inheritance among his brothers in Israel was not lost?
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