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Lioness: Mahlah's Journey

  • Author: Barbara M. Britton
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    While the Israelites struggle to occupy the Promised Land of God, Mahlah bat Zelophehad is orphaned and left to care for her four sisters. But daughters of the dead are unable to inherit land, and it will take a miracle for Mahlah to obtain the means to care for her sisters and uphold the vow she...

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    While the Israelites struggle to occupy the Promised Land of God, Mahlah bat Zelophehad is orphaned and left to care for her four sisters. But daughters of the dead are unable to inherit land, and it will take a miracle for Mahlah to obtain the means to care for her sisters and uphold the vow she made to her dying mother.

    Mahlah must seek Moses, the leader of her people, and request something extraordinary—the right for a daughter to inherit her deceased father’s land. A right that will upset the ox-cart of male inheritance and thrust her into the role of a rebel.

    But, God is the protector of the orphan and the widow, and five orphaned daughters need His help. With God, anything is possible. Even changing man’s tradition.

    PBG M. A generic image

    I'd like to offer you my review of Lioness by Barbara M. Britton. I received an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review. Thanks. Wow. 5 stars for this beautiful story. The Old Testament came to life for me in this story about 5 orphaned girls who have been wandering with Moses in the desert. When the time draws near for them to stop wandering, and finally have a homeland, their father dies, leaving their fate uncertain. These young women live in a patriarchal time, and it is a big risk to stand up for themselves to their elders, but they gather their courage and petition Moses for land of their own to make a home, and to keep their father's name from being lost from history. Boy, did they succeed. They're mentioned several times in the Bible, for their courage, and for their role in changing Jewish law and changing history. This story does a wonderful job of making them flesh and blood, real people I could relate to, mourn with, worry over, and rejoice with. I highly re

    PBG M. A generic image

    Confession time: the only reason I knew of the daughters of Zelophehad before Barbara M. Britton began her series on them is that I know a woman named Tirzah. I’ve yet to ask if she has four older sisters by the names of Mahlah, Noah (I thought that was a boy’s name), Hoglah, and Milcah! These were the names Zelophehad gave his daughters and, in this first book about them, Britton focuses on the oldest daughter. Using the meagre amount of information about the family found in the book of Numbers, Britton has crafted a tale of the final years of the Exodus from a female perspective. After their father dies, Mahlah is determined to protect her sisters and keep them together. In doing so, she faces the male leaders of her tribe of Manasseh, men from other tribes looking for servants (or worse), and strangers from the nearby Midianite communities. Her greatest challenge comes when she hears that families will receive land according to their tribes. She’s determined that her family will

    Carol J. A generic image

    I’ve read the Bible for as long as I can remember, but I never really understood the importance of the chapters about the daughters of Zelophehad. Barbara Britton has crafted an engaging story of Biblical fiction. She has taken some little-known women and helped us understand the strength it took, especially in a patriarchal society, for five orphaned sisters to boldly ask for their family’s inheritance of land. Mahlah certainly must have been a Lioness, bravely protecting and providing for her family after her parents’ deaths. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series about Noah, one of Mahlah’s sisters. I highly recommend this work of Biblical fiction.

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