This gives us a further evidence of God’s care over His people. We read of the daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh in chapter 27, where they asked for a portion of land. God’s purposes must be carried out, and the tribes must be preserved apart. So at His word, the daughters of Zelophehad are given a possession, and His word here makes that land sure to them. No one with faith in God ever went to Him with a need that He did not satisfy; no cry, however feeble, with Him as its object, failed of an answer.