LAND DISTRIBUTION

“Adonai said to Moshe, ‘The land is to be parceled out among these as a possession to be inherited, according to the number of names.’”
Numbers 26:52

Following the actions of Phinehas and the blessing on him by Adonai, the command was given to Moshe by Adonai to once again count the people of Isra’el. The ending result of just the men in the camp age 20 and over was totaled at 601,730. It was then commanded that to these people the land would be divided. Families within the tribes whose numbers were great would be given a larger land of inheritance, while those smaller would receive smaller.
Perhaps the most well known detail within this portion, though, rests in the account of the daughters of Tz’lof’chad. As the land was being distributed, they approached Moshe, El’azar, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and questioned why they should not also receive land. As the land was being given to the men of the families, and they were themselves fatherless, brotherless, and husbandless, the chances of the daughters receiving any inheritance was slim. Still, Moshe sought Adonai concerning this matter and was answered that the women were correct in their request. It then became law that if a man had no sons, his inheritance would be given to his daughters, then his brothers, then close relative. This became the standard judgment used by the people of Isra’el, as Adonai ordered Moshe.

Numbers 26:5-51
Numbers 26:52 – 27:5
Numbers 27:6-23