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Numbers 27:4
“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.”
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Numbers 27:4 Context
1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4Why 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. 5And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. 6And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
"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." Numbers 27:4 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Numbers 27:4
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.
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Bible Commentary for Numbers 27:4
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 27:4
27:4 Be done away - As it will be, if it be not preserved by an inheritance given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some gather, that the first son of each of these heiresses was called by their father's name, by virtue of that law, #Deu 25:6|, whereby the brother's first son was to bear the name of his elder brother, whose widow he married. Give us a possession - In the land of Canaan upon the division of it, which though not yet conquered, they concluded would certainly be so, and thereby gave glory to God.
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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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)
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.
- Basic English Bible
Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father's brothers."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he has no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
- Darby Bible
And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
- English Revised Version
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father."
- World English Bible