Kansanga Miracle Centre will on Saturday bring together several women from all walks of life to learn more about Zelophehad’s five daughters addressed in Numbers 27.
The Church will host Pr. Tom Mugerwa of Mutundwe Christian Fellowship during its popular ’40 Day Gathering’ in an attempt to raise a generation of woman who are ready to fight for their inheritance and never settle for less.
Highlights from the preacher’s sermon shared on the Church facebook page reveal that this story celebrates women’s boldness in decision making in areas including life before marriage and at the same time unfolds the challenges that many face and what they do in order to affirm their rights with dignity.
Zelophehad had five daughters, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah; he had no sons. He was part of the generation of Israelites who departed from Egypt under Moses’ leadership and died during the forty years in the wilderness.
His five daughters were part of the new generation that entered the promised land. However, the rules were clear about sons and daughters: Sons could inherit their father’s land; daughters could not. So Zelophehad’s daughters were – if I can borrow today’s language – doomed.
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah come forward to appeal this regulation, stating their case in front of the sacred tent of meeting in the presence of Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and indeed the whole community (Num 27:2).
They argued that their father’s name (lineage) should not be cut off from his clan just because he had no son and that they should be permitted to inherit his land portion in order to avoid this potential injustice to their father’s name (and property).
How does Moses react? The following verse states: “Moses brought their case before God” (27:5). Moses discloses his inability to assess the claims of these sisters. He takes the case to God, who responds by unequivocally supporting the sisters’ demand and even by promulgating a new and permanent law to secure inheritance for any daughters in such circumstances (27:6-8). Thus, the sisters’ claim leads to the law of inheritance’s being changed forever.
Pr. Tom Mugerwa will reveal how this scripture relates to today’s women in every aspect of life.
