Zelophehad

The Daughters of Zelophehad	Created Date: 6-May-2016
Required for the Royal Blood Line of Jesus Christ	Last updated: 10-May-2019
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1	The Significance	2	Rules dealing with Inheritance
3	This Gives Inheritance Through Adoption	4	Joseph Adopted

Note: Some of the information contained in this topic is further explained in the Royal Bloodline Topic.

The Significance

This is a very interesting part of the scriptures because of the significance of the Daughters of Zelophehad in the royal blood line of Jesus Christ. Without this part of the law, then one part of Jesus Christ's lineage and claim to the the Royal Bloodline through King David would not be valid.

Rules dealing with Inheritance

The Torah had specific rules dealing with inheritance. There is the case when Zelophehad had five daughters with no sons. The daughters approached Moses and asked that the family linage not be lost and no inheritance among the brethren of their father in the Promise Land. Moses asked the Lord and the Lord directed the Law to be written so that they would obtain an inheritance along with any woman whose father dies without a son.

Numbers 27:8

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Later on, as Israel came into the Promise Land:

Joshua 17:3 - 6

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

We learn that the Husband is adopted by the father of the Bride as his son. Recall from Deuteronomy 17:6 "two or three witnesses" to establish a truth and here are two scriptures:

Ezra 2:61	And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name
Nehemiah 7:63	And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

This Gives Inheritance Through Adoption

All of this gave the daughters land of their own. The name of their father would be preserved by the inheritance of the land since the daughters could then marry men, who would enter upon the property, which was in their father's name, so possession would be perpetuate the name and property through their offspring.

Lineage of Jesus Christ according to Luke and Matthew is shown below. In Luke 3:23, notice that Joseph became the adopted son of Heli according to Jewish law established with the agreement with the Daughters of Zelophehad. Heli is highlighted in light green below, in the chart, which makes Joseph and then Jesus's part of the lineage of King David though Nathan. This also fulfills the prophecy of Genesis 3:15

Luke 3:23	Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Genesis 3:15	And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.

	Verse in Matthew 1	Lineage Through Joseph	Verse in Luke 3	Lineage Through Mary
			38	Adam
			38	Seth
			38	Enosh
			37	Kenan
			37	Mahalalel
			37	Jared
			37	Enoch
			37	Methuselah
			36	Lamech
			36	Noah
			36	Shem
			36	Arphaxad
			36	Cainan
			35	Shelah
			35	Eber
			35	Peleg
			35	Reu
			35	Serug
			34	Nahor
			34	Terah
	2	Abraham	34	Abraham
	2	Isaac	34	Isaac
	2	Jacob	34	Jacob
	2	Judah	33	Judah
	3	Pharez/Perez *	33	Pharez/Perez *	Ten	1
	3	Hezron	33	Hezron	Generations	2
	3	Ram	33	Ram	to take	3
	4	Amminadab	33	Amminadab	care of the	4
	4	Nahshon	32	Nahshon	illegitimate	5
	4	Salmon with Rahab **	32	Salmon with Rahab **	son not	6
	5	Boaz with Ruth ***	32	Boaz with Ruth ***	allowed to	7
	5	Obed	32	Obed	be in	8
	6	Jesse	32	Jesse	congregation	9
	6	King David	31	King David		10
1	7	Solomon	31	Nathan	Departure
2	7	Rehoboam	31	Mattatha
3	7	Abijah	31	Menan
4	7	Asa	31	Melea
5	8	Jehoshaphat	30	Eliakim
6	8	Jehoram	30	Jonam
7	omitted	Ahaziah ****	30	Joseph
8	omitted	Joash ****	30	Judah
9	omitted	Amaziah ****	30	Simeon
10	8	Uzziah	29	Levi
11	9	Jotham	29	Matthat
12	9	Ahaz	29	Jorim
13	9	Hezekiah	29	Eliezer
14	10	Manasseh	29	Joshua
15	10	Amon	28	Er
16	10	Josiah	28	Elmadam
17	11	Jeconiah *****	28	Cosam
18	12	Shealtiel	28	Addi
19	12	Zerubbabel	28	Melki
20	13	Abidhud	27	Neri
21	13	Eliakim	27	Salathiel
22	13	Azor	27	Zerubbabel
23	14	Zadok	27	Rhesa
24	14	Achim	27	Joanan
25	14	Eliud	26	Joda
26	15	Eleazar	26	Josek
27	15	Matthan	26	Semein
28	15	Jacob	26	Mattathias
29	16	Joseph	26	Maath
30			25	Naggai
31			25	Esli
32			25	Nahum
33			25	Amos
34			25	Mattathias
35			24	Joseph
36			24	Jannai
37			24	Melki
38			24	Levi
39			24	Matthat
40			23	Heli (Mary's Father)
41			23	Joseph (adopted by Heli)

* Pharez	Is the son that Judah has illegitimately with Tamar. Tamar is a Gentile Bride. Tamar has two sons Pharez and Zarah. Pharez was the first born.
** Rahab	Was the Prostitute that was saved in Jericho when Joshua invaded Jericho and the two "spies" saved her. Rahab is part of the Royal Blood Line of Jesus Christ. A Gentile Bride of Salmon. A model of Jesus Christ being our redeemer.
*** Ruth	Was a Moabite and a Gentile. Boaz selected her as his Gentile Bride. Boaz's example was his father Salmon who married Rahab, so he knew he could do this. As part of the larger story of the Book, Boaz purchases the land for Naomi and takes Ruth as a bride. Book of Ruth is an awesome book of Boaz being the Kinsman Redeemer.
**** 3 Kings	Blotted out for worshipping idols
***** Cursed	Concerning Jeconiah, God said in Jeremiah 22:30 - "Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah."

Joseph Adopted

Joseph, the legal father of Jesus Christ, had his blood lineage go through Jeconiah which had the blood curse pronounced on it. By the bloodline of Mary, the curse did not apply because in Luke Gospel, Mary's lineage with through another son of King David named Nathan and then goes down to Heli. Many scholars point out that Jesus Christ's can have a claim to both the Blood Line and the throne of King David without the blood curse because Joseph became the son by law through Heli.

Read the blood curse link which deals with the 6 names highlighted in red.

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