Inheritance נָחַל

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 14, 2026 · 2m

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. נָחַל maintain as a possession, take possession, give as an inheritance, assign. It is used 59 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to reference people receiving an inheritance from God. Exodus 32:13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, וְנָחֲל֖וּ and it will be their inheritance forever.’ Numbers 26:55 Be sure that the land is distributed by…