NUMBERS XXV II. the father of the fatbed4, Pf,,I.68.5. And of them Sol. Iarchi here obfervcth , that their eyes fain that Mtfes yes few not. giving thou (halt give ihem]that is,thou (halt Cdre1y give them without faile. This cbmmandement was fulfilled in lot. 17. 4. Here the word them, (as Chazkuni alío noteth ) is of the male or mafcnline gender , though hee fpeaketh of females : which may bee either in refpe& of their faith and confcience, lùc)t as might befeeme mcn;orofGods gift(efpe- cially of his grace in Guilt hereby figured ) 1 Which hee giveth without difference of male and female; Gal.348. The Hebrewes(inTalmud.Bab. in Baba baths, chap. 8.) have recorded,that T be daughters of Zelapbebad had 3 portions for inheritance ; theirf :hers portion, becaufe be was one of them that came I out of Eqpt ; and his portion with bit brethren in the goods sf Hepher (his father) and beoaufi be was the firfl- borne, hee had two portions. Which Rambam in his Annotations on that place, explaineth thus ; All that came out of Egypt were to have part in the land; and if the father and his fanne both came out , each of them had a portion aiik. And Zelophehad and Hepher were both of them that came out of Egypt : fo Zebpbebad mat to have bad his part , and to bave had by inheritance of Hepher, two parts , becaufe bee was the firfl- borne, &c. 8 Ver .8. If a man] or , Any man when be dieth and bave no forme: here God paffeth front the fpeciall cafe of there virgins , and giveth a general]. law for inheritances, that they should paffe to the fe- male, if the father diedwithout male iffue: but otherwife the daughters had no part in the inhe- ritance with the fonnes. I 1 Verf. t t. unto bia kinfman] or , unto his here ].tin ; of which words, fee the notes on Levit. 18.6. From this word, and that which followeth, next to him, Sol. Iarchi noteth he fhould be of biofamily; and none is called a frmi, but on the fathers fide. Touching the right of inheritances, the Hebrew Canons lay it downe thus; Who fi dieth, hischil- dren doe inherit that which is his and dot' are before all other. And the males are before the females. But the female never inberitetb with the male. If bee have no children , hit father pall be bit beire or if it bee a mother, fee io hire to her ebildren ; and thin thing io by tradition. And whofeever it ftrfl by inheritance,, is of them that firfl come out of the thigh ( that is, are begotten fish.) Therefore whofi dieth, bee it man or woman , if they leave a forme , bee inberitetb all; if his fmne bee not found alive , they look next to the feed of that fmne. If any of his feed be found, whether males or females , though it be the Times daugh- ters daughtersdaughter to the end of t he world, flee inheriteth all. If hee have no male iffue, thy turne to the daughter. If bee haze a daughter, fine inbe- riteth all. If bit daughter bee not found in the world, they look unto the daughters feed , which if any bee found, whether males or females to the worlds end , it inleritetb all. If the daughters have no feed, the inheritance returneth to his father. If his father bee not living, they leoke next to the fed of the father, which are the brethren of bim that is dead. If bee have a brother found , or brothers fled, hee inherits all: '73 if not, they turne to the frfters; if The have a flier or fillers feed, it inherits all. And if there bee neither bro.: :hers fed nor _lifters feed, farafmucb at the father bath no feed, the inheritance retterneth to the fathers fa- ther. If the grandfather bee not living, they look to the grandfathers feed , which are the brethren of his father that it dereafed : and there the males are before the f males, and thefeed of the males before the female, at was the right of the feed of the dead himfelfe. If none of hie fathers brethren nor of their feed bee found, the inheritance returneth to the great gram father : and after this manner it proeeedahupwards. Tbus the fotone is before the daùghter , and all the iffueof the fonnebefore the daughter , and the daugh- ter is before her grandfather , and all her iffue are be- fore ber grandfather. And the fotbgr of the deceafed it before the brethren of the dereafed, and the brother before the frfer, and all the brothers iffue before the filler.: and the ffler before ber grandfather and all the ftffers ifue before her grandfather. The grandfather is bfore the brethren of the father of him that is deceafed , and his fathers brethren are be fire his fathers Biers , and all that come out of the thigh of lois fathers brother , are bare his fathers fifrrs , and his fathers fifers are before the fathers grandfather of bim that is deceafed; and ft all that come out of the thigh of his fathers filler are before bis fathers grandfather : and after this manner it pro- ceedeth and afcendetb untill the beginning of the gene- rations. Theref re there is no man of Ifrael that h without lxires. Who fo dietb and leaveth a forme, anda fo nos daughter, dough it be afumes daughters daugh- :era daughter , oo the end of many generations, (pee is fremofl and heire j ail , and the (fief]. mans) daugh- ter loath nothing. And the fame law is for the bro- thers daugther with the fller , and for the daughter of his fathers brothers fmne, with hisfathers filter , and fo all in lile fort. Who fa hash two formes , and they bosh dye while bee livery , and the one fomte leave three fonnes, and the other fonne leave one daughter, afterward when the oldman dieth, the threefaaunesof bis forme pall inhe- rit the halfe of his heritage, and the daughter of his (o- ther) forane(hall inherit the (other) helfe; (reach of them was to inherit a portion of his father : and after this manner doe the farmer of brethren divide, andtbe formes of the fathers brother, unto the beginning of the generations. The family of the mother is net called a family , neither it there inheritance but to the family of the father : therefore brethren by the mother are not beires one of another , but brethren by the fa'ber are heires one of another : and this, whether it bee bis bro- ther by his father mely , or his brocher by his father and bis mother. All that are here (in blood) by tratfgrefon doe inherit , as they which are lawfully begotten ; as if one have a baflard forme, or a ba- flard brother, loe they are as other fanner and as o- ther brethren for inheritance. But the fannes ofa bond woman , or of aflrange woman , it not counted a f nee fir any matter, neither it bee an beire at all. Mai - mony tom.4. in Nachaloth (or treat. of Inheri- tanhes)r.t f¿'l.i. - -7.As the fons had their fathers inheritance divided among them,(the firff-borne having a double portion, Deut. z 1.17,) fo for re- leefe of the widow , and of the daughters, the Pppp 3 Hebrews, 11===imem\\R laMtew
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