This week's Parasha is named after Pinchas, Moses' great-nephew, who halted a plague by skewering two lovers with a spear.
Pinchas
(to the tune of Battle hymn of the Republic [John Brown’s body])
The daughters of Zelophehad went to Moshe and said
We don’t have any brothers and our father now is dead
We will have a major problem when we want to become wed
If we marry outside our tribe.
We don’t want to lose our money
In the land of milk and honey
We don’t think that it is funny
If we marry outside our tribe.
Moses scratched his head and said “I haven’t got a clue.
I have never faced this problem yet so here’s what I will do.
I will ask the Lord for guidance and I’m sure he’ll answer you
When the question I describe.
God came back to Moses and these are the words he spoke.
Each girl is free to marry any eligible bloke
But only from her tribe for in the wheel it puts a spoke
If she marries outside her tribe.
We don’t want to lose our money
In the land of milk and honey
We don’t think that it is funny
If we marry outside our tribe.
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