Numbers 27:4
“Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no sonne? Giue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.”
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Numbers 27:4 Context
2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the Congregation, by the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying, 3Our father died in the wildernesse, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselues together against the Lord in the company of Korah: but died in his owne sinne, and had no sonnes. 4Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no sonne? Giue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. 6¶ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us [therefore] a possession among the brethren of our father.
- King James Version
"Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."
- New American Standard Version (1995)