Read Numbers 26:52-27:23 at Bible Gateway.
The Teaching Tools of Scripture
Genesis 1:1-2:3, The Teaching Tools of Scripture, part one and part two
Genesis 1:1-6:8, Finding the Topic Themes of Scripture
Hebrew Paragraph Divisions
26:52-56 {s} To these the land shall be divided among them
26:57-65 {s} Number of Levites when none were numbered previously
27:1-5 {p} Case of the daughters of Zelophehad
27:6-11 {p} Law of inheritance if a man die without a son
27:12-14 {s} Moses to see the land before his death
27:15-23 {p} Joshua inaugurated to lead the people in
Strong Themes
26:52-27:5 {s+s+p} Those who will inherit the land
27:12-23 {s+p} Joshua, not Moses, will lead the people into their inheritance
Numbers 26:52-27:23 Chiastic Structure
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Theme of the parashah
That a man’s inheritance is retained and not lost.
Finding Messiah in Triennial L’eleh
27:12-23 {s+p} Strong Theme: Joshua, not Moses, will lead the people into their inheritance
In this strong theme, YHVH repeats that Moses will not lead the people in to the Promised Land because he rebelled against Him and did not hallow Him in the eyes of the congregation at the waters of Meribah.
“And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered unto your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. For you rebelled against My commandment, in the desert of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.” Num 27:13-14
Unbelief cannot inherit the land, and rebellion is a fruit of unbelief. So Joshua is inaugurated shepherd to lead the people in. This is also prophetic, for no one can inherit the promise by obedience to the Law, that is, by obedience to Moses by Prophetic Type. But only as Yeshua—“Joshua” is the anglicized form of the Hebrew name, “Yeshua”—is Shepherd over them, they can inherit the promise.
Yeshua! His work on the cross to cleanse us from our sins will cause God’s people to inherit the promise, not Moses, that is, not our own works of obedience to the Law.
Therefore by the deeds of the Law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. Rom 3:20
This is why Paul stood so strongly against those in his own day who misunderstood, saying that justification—right-standing before God—depended on obedience. Paul did not preach disobedience to the Law! But he taught that salvation does not depend upon our own works, but upon Yeshua’s work on the cross, which cannot be added to or taken away from. Our acts of obedience proceed now from the new nature, and serves as a second witness, besides the confession of our mouths, that we have indeed become children of God by grace through faith. Let every fact be confirmed upon the testimony of two witnesses, Amen?
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 114 (my notes) | Jos 17 (my notes) | Eph 1 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial L’eleh
Numbers 26, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 25 and 26, And the persistent trap of idolatry
Numbers 27, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 27 and 28, And the strong themes of Numbers prophesying of Messiah Yeshua
Off-site Studies
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SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | NUMBERS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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