Friday, March 24, 2023

Which Reminds Me

Yes, I remember reading about the daughters of Zelophehad, who were able to inherit their father's portion, but only because they had agreed to marry persons from within their same tribe, which was the tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph, so that the inheritance would not pass by inheritance to some other tribe.

But how would that work for the tribe of the Levites, who have no inheritance in Israel? The Levites lived on a different system, by receiving the tithes and offerings and the sacrifices and gifts brought by the people. One assumes that the daughters of Levi would be provided for, but if married off to another tribe can no longer eat from their father's table, or something like that.

So that was the system that as set up by Moses in the Bible, and how that worked in real life is a question for the ages, one may easily imagine. 

Time is short. We have very little time to be quibbling about these points, if there be some point that you were attempting to make, from your vantage point in some other tribe not really part of mine.

Although, come to think of it, I am not aware of myself belonging to any particular tribe. Perhaps I may have a little bit of Lost Tribe in me, which means that I probably cannot be found by you. Yes, probably what that means. You really should not be expending so much time and energy trying to find those who cannot be found.