Ownership

Text for discussion: Numbers 36. 

Here we close out the fourth of the five Books of Moses.  How do you determine what belongs to who when an inheritance is being administered?  In allotting the parcels of the Promised Land to the 12 tribes, the daughters of one man named Zelophehad were the only heirs for this man, yet, the land generally went to sons.  The problem was solved when these daughters were allowed to be next of kin in receiving an inheritance, but the greater tribe wanted to make sure that tribal lands would stay with the tribe of Manasseh if they should marry.  Tune in to see how they solved the problem . . . . 

The hymns: Blest Be the Tie that Binds, What is the World to Me? 

The engraving: Gustave Dore - Moses Breaks the Tablets of the Law