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Numbers 27:4
Numbers 27:4 is verse 4 of Numbers chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard 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.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.”
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Numbers 27:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
3 “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
5 So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
6 and the LORD answered him,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Joshua 17:4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.