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Numbers 18:20 NLT

And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.

Numbers 27:5-7 NLT

So Moses brought their case before the Lord . And the Lord replied to Moses, “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father’s relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.

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Different people different lessons. God's word isn't monochrome. The priests taught us the promise land was first and foremost about the promise giver and His presence with God people. We ultimately don't have to be trapped by the greed of the name and claim it culture often invading Christianity. To be sure the priests were not going without, but thier self sufficiency - live off the land - American dream was severely limited by God. If the people obeyed God then the Tabernacle, sacrifices, and "taxes" would supply an abundance. The people would also have to trust God through the years of Jubilee and even the weekly Sabbath.

But don't think that God is unconcerned with justice in the distribution of land. In Numbers 27 we have a unique and just precident. Women had the same right as men to the ownership of property and this was for the insurance of carrying on the rights of the family. The purpose isn't too reinforce the rights of the individual but rather to insure the rights of the family were protected and that women had the right to claim the property continuance for the family.

This checks and balance system shows God's love for his people. A love that sets the focus of the people on trusting God and that recognised the importance of property but only in the context of family and trusting in God as our ultimate Father and provider.