Bible verse

Numbers 27:4

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

Numbers 27:4 · BSB

Numbers 27:4 in context

The verses around it, from Numbers 27.

1 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

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,

7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

8 Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

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Numbers 27:4 in other translations

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

ERV

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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