Passage Research
Numbers 27 — Sermon Preparation
Zelophehad's daughters successfully petition for their right to inherit their father's land; Moses views Canaan from the mountain and Joshua is publicly commissioned as his successor. Below is a research summary for Numbers 27, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 319 / 104
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 27 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֵדָה | ʻêdâh | H5712 | 10 | assemblage, concourse |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 9 | Mosheh |
| נַחֲלָה | nachălâh | H5159 | 6 | inherited, occupancy |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 7 | brother |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 8 | give, put |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 7 | father |
| אֶלְעָזָר | ʼElʻâzâr | H499 | 4 | Elazar |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 27, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Envious spirits do not love their successors; but Moses was not one of these. We should concern ourselves, both in our prayers and in our endeavours, for the rising generation, that religion may be maintained and advanced, when we are in our graves. God appoints a successor, even Joshua; who had signalized himself by his courage in fighting Amalek, his humility in ministering to Moses, and his faith and sincerity in witnessing against the report of the evil spies. This man God appoints to succeed Moses; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 27:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Abarim— Num 27:12
- Kadesh-barnea— Num 27:14
- Meribah 1— Num 27:14
- Zin 1— Num 27:14
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