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.

Why should the name {H8034} of our father {H1} be done away {H1639} from among {H8432} his family {H4940}, because he hath no son {H1121}? Give {H5414} unto us therefore a possession {H272} among {H8432} the brethren {H251} of our father {H1}.

Why should the name of our father be eliminated from his family just because he didn't have a son? Give us property to possess along with the brothers of our father."

Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 17:4 (3 votes)

    And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  • Psalms 109:13 (2 votes)

    Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • Exodus 32:11 (2 votes)

    And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

  • Proverbs 13:9 (1 votes)

    ¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.