My mother passed away a couple of years ago, and each of us received the same amount of money, even the daughters. Mosaic Law held that the daughters would only receive inheritance in the absence of sons. Post thoughts on this here.
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Biblically dividing up your inheritance
- Thread starter Daniel DeLuca
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There's more. The eldest son was to get a "double-portion," which is a frequent reference (in many ways) throughout Scripture.
It works thusly:
Take the number of sons, add one, and divide. Each son gets one part of that, the eldest gets two parts.
For example, for three sons, divide by four. Each son (number 2, and number 3) gets 1/4th, but the first-born gets one-half.
(For twelve sons - do the math. But, note - Joseph's portion was actually accomplished by putting HIS two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, in his place; so all got 1/13th. )
Note: The eldest son also got a RESPONSIBILITY, too! He was to be the head patriarch of the family.
It works thusly:
Take the number of sons, add one, and divide. Each son gets one part of that, the eldest gets two parts.
For example, for three sons, divide by four. Each son (number 2, and number 3) gets 1/4th, but the first-born gets one-half.
(For twelve sons - do the math. But, note - Joseph's portion was actually accomplished by putting HIS two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, in his place; so all got 1/13th. )
Note: The eldest son also got a RESPONSIBILITY, too! He was to be the head patriarch of the family.
That would be me. I have one younger brother.
I have two. But it also makes me wonder (given my note about the patriarchal responsibility of the first-born) - just how many of the men here fall into that category? I suspect it's a higher percentage than the population distribution would suggest...
Oldest gets Reedemer responsibility when others falls in slavery etc....
Reason why Jesus had to die according to his own law because he is oldest brother. Another is divorce given by Lord.
That sounds a bit like Mormon Theology.
I have four sisters, and of course the inheritance was divided up 6 ways, so it seems I only got a fourth of what would have been Biblically required.
Gothard followers have had some Torah leanings.
How?
He is Son of God begoten of Father and we are Father's sons...so logic says he is brother.
As I read through the scriptures I have come to see the Father in the OT that interacted with humans as Christ himself. He is our Father as he is the one that created us. He also had a father, the Most High, the Eternal one. We have never heard the voice of the Most High nor even seen his form.
Moses did see his form so it had to have been the form of the son, not the father.
There are tons of verses to back this up but, if you see it this way, then we are the children of Yeshua. Which also is fulfilling the prophesy to him that he would have many children.
Sorry... Thread creep.
To your initial post Daniel, I offer my condolences and express my understanding of how you feel like you were shorted. It would seem to be that the way of the world today is so far different than God's ways....
Come quickly Messiah, come quickly....
I’m the only son and have three sisters..
The order of age for us would be oldest sister an adopted sister ,me ,then a younger sister.
It would seem self serving for me to insist that I inherit everything, it’s not my style at all.
My oldest sister sees herself as the “first born” ….which makes me laugh, I don’t get upset about her delusions.
I find her position interesting and typical of many church people that take the bits they want and ignore the bits they don’t like. She wants the title but I think she has little idea what it really means.
My father died 10 years ago, my youngest sister went to my mother asking for some inheritance shortly after my fathers death. She got nothing but I felt it was a bad look ,although I’m not surprised she asked.
I’ve asked my mother to (if she wishes to) do as she pleases while she’s alive. Give what she wants to whomever she pleases. If she wishes to give it to us unevenly do it while she’s alive , there will be less fighting and she can look us in the eye and see the gratitude that should be shown. Not everyone reveres her as perhaps she should be in my opinion.
Due to the way the law is here in NZ if an estate is distributed unevenly the chances of there being legal challenges are greatly increased. I’ve seen many fight over estates. Like vultures circling after a death makes me feel sick.
So I suggested to my mother that her will should be evenly distributed to reducing the possibility of contention and hopefully will make my job easier.
I believe my inheritance is much more than a financial issue. A few dollars won’t change who I am it where I’m going.
I figure the most important inheritance I leave is what I do for my sons and daughter while I’m alive, passing on good ethics and helping them developing good character but most importantly showing them their who their heavenly father is.
The order of age for us would be oldest sister an adopted sister ,me ,then a younger sister.
It would seem self serving for me to insist that I inherit everything, it’s not my style at all.
My oldest sister sees herself as the “first born” ….which makes me laugh, I don’t get upset about her delusions.
I find her position interesting and typical of many church people that take the bits they want and ignore the bits they don’t like. She wants the title but I think she has little idea what it really means.
My father died 10 years ago, my youngest sister went to my mother asking for some inheritance shortly after my fathers death. She got nothing but I felt it was a bad look ,although I’m not surprised she asked.
I’ve asked my mother to (if she wishes to) do as she pleases while she’s alive. Give what she wants to whomever she pleases. If she wishes to give it to us unevenly do it while she’s alive , there will be less fighting and she can look us in the eye and see the gratitude that should be shown. Not everyone reveres her as perhaps she should be in my opinion.
Due to the way the law is here in NZ if an estate is distributed unevenly the chances of there being legal challenges are greatly increased. I’ve seen many fight over estates. Like vultures circling after a death makes me feel sick.
So I suggested to my mother that her will should be evenly distributed to reducing the possibility of contention and hopefully will make my job easier.
I believe my inheritance is much more than a financial issue. A few dollars won’t change who I am it where I’m going.
I figure the most important inheritance I leave is what I do for my sons and daughter while I’m alive, passing on good ethics and helping them developing good character but most importantly showing them their who their heavenly father is.
Ah, Gothard. That triggers some unhappy memories.
I’m not sure that daughters are expressly forbidden an inheritance. I think it’s just an assumption.
Didn't daughter receive her inheritance when she gets married?
Needs to be checked, I remember reading something like this.
Don't divide your inheritance. Create a Perpetual Trust that can be passed down through generations to create and provision a legacy.
Joseph P. Kennedy did it and so can anyone else.
Adoption is another tangent that we could explore. In the Old Testament, we only see one instance of adoption if I recall correctly, namely Mordecai's adoption of Esther. The Apocrypha book of Esther indicates that he adopted her with the intention to marry her, which is a rabbit hole in and of itself, that we could go down. It seems adoption was more regularly practiced by the Romans, but the apostle Paul used it illustratively to explain how we are adopted as sons of God. Then of course, in the Old Testament book of Exodus, God declares that Israel is His firstborn, yet Jesus is the only begotten Son. When I get to the Pearly gates, I am going to have SO MANY Questions!!!!
My wife came from overseas, so no dowry there; if anything, it has been a sinkhole where more money has gone there, but that is another story. You could say that I have paid a handsome bride price for her. A defiled virgin's father was paid a bride price Ex 22:16. Now for Jacob, that was seven years of service for each wife, and he didn't even want the first wife! For David, it was 100 Philistine foreskins (insert snarky remark here). Shechem was willing to get himself and his people circumcised, albeit under a ruse. Deut 22:29 indicates that the standard rate was 50 shekels of silver.
At the risk of thread creep again, I will say this in response to the firstborn son, namely, Israel. If Yeshua is the one declaring that, then it makes perfect sense. He is the father.... OUR Father. He is in perfect unity with HIS Father but is NOT the same entity as his father....
If you begin looking at all of scriptures with this understanding, all the roles begin to make perfect sense...
Shalom...