4And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.


In Context

1 Then came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:

3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.

4 And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.

5 And the Lord said to him:

6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing : Give them a possession among their father's kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.

Numbers 27:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:4Why 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:4Why should our father's name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father's relatives."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:4Why 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4Why 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:4Why 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4Why 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:4why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:4Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brothers of our father.