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Obscurata. . .Tirzah from the Director’s Desk “The five daughters of Zelophehad were Mahla, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.” Num 26:33 This name, Tirzah and her five sisters, recently appeared in a WELCA Litany. Who were these sisters and why were they so significant. “For the bold wisdom of Tirzah and her sisters, who used their gifts to stand together and make a request that would change an injustice on behalf of their community.” Valora K Starr Zelophehad was a descendant of Manasseh and died in the wilderness without a male heir. Of the tribes who rebelled against Moses under Korah’s leadership, none received an inheritance. Zelophehad’s tribe was about to lose their right to landed property without a male heir. The daughters went before Moses and Eleazar and Tirzah plead their case. “Give us a possession among the brethren of our father.” Moses took the matter to the Lord and in Numbers 27:7 the Lord hands down a judgment: “the daughters of Zelophehad are right; you shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.” Later, in Chapter 36:6-12 RSV this law is further refined. Moses commanded them, according to the word of the Lord, to marry within the tribe of their father so that the inheritance would not be removed from the father’s family. So Tirzah, by speaking up, possibly urged on by others, created a niche for women, a place where the father’s inheritance did not completely disappear because their was no eldest son. For this we thank and shall remember this obscure OT personality. Mt Cross Ministries can be reached at www.mtcross.org and their Director of Day Camp, Mariel Spengler, may be reached at daycamp@mtcross.org. Day Camp at YOUR SITE can be arranged with Mariel. Camp and family camp experiences may be arranged at Mr. Cross! The Little Lutheran is a delightful new quarterly publication for preschool, K-1 children. Poems, Bible stories and beautiful illustrations make this appropriate for daytime or bedtime reading! Further info is available at the website: www.thelittlelutheran.org If for some reason, you are not receiving emails from Larry Moeller (this is almost impossible since he maintains and uses several lists!) his email address is: lmoe@risenindeed.com Nb: The Mosaic video magazine of the ELCA has concluded its 20 year run as of December, 2007. Most of the productions are available at our website, www.resourcecenterspselca.org.
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