[Teachldsseminary] OT story for Numbers---women

[Elizabeth Neipp]

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From: "Elizabeth Neipp" <neipps at lds.net>
To: <neipps at mail.lds.net>; "Kathleen Pack" 
<she-who-must-be-obeyed at comcast.net>; "Claudia Laugenour" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:40 PM
Subject: Fw: OT story for Numbers


>I got this from my daughter, Kyra, who went to a Time Out For Women in 
>Boston a few weeks ago.  We'll be in Numbers soon.   Here is her email to 
>me.....
>
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> Here is one thing I learned, very OT academic, that I didn't know, thought 
> was neat:
>
> The Story of Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 5 women named in 
> the OT.
> -Numbers 27: 1-11.
> -they were sisters, daughters of Zelophehead, of the tribe of Manasseh 
> (Joseph).
> -born in the wilderness, women of great faith, who knew they were 
> daughters of God.
> -they have no brothers, and so when father dies, they are without means. 
> Moses
> had handed out inheritancees to Israel, but the portions were, of course, 
> male
> inherited.
> -in v. 2-4 they go to Moses and basically say, they donn't think the Lord 
> loves
> his daughters less than his sons, and as daughters of God, let them 
> inherit.
> -Moses says he'll go to the Lord with the question (v 5)
> -v6-7 Lord says “the daughters of Zelophehad speak right”
> -the law changes, and remained changed, which is why in Jewish culture 
> women
> could inherit if there were no men. This is why you have widows with 
> wealth etc
> in the rest of the bible.
> -Probably the oldest recorded “equal rights” case. :)
> -The speaker then showed how hundreds of years later, and throughout the 
> new
> testament the act of these women (acting on understanding who they were in 
> an
> eternal sense) impacted history. You can trace several stories of women of
> property caring for or funding the prophets and Paul and the apostles in 
> their
> missionary work.
> -The speaker tied on the bow reminding us that understanding we are 
> daughters of
> God, having a testimony of that does make a difference, and has power to 
> change
> the world for good.
>
>
> I loved it. I had never noticed that story before!
>
> Incidentally, these 5 women marry Manasseh cousins later on and live 
> happily
> ever after or something..:)
>
>
> Kyra
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