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


In Context

1 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They approached

2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly, and said,

3 "Our father died in the desert. He was not among Korah's followers, who banded together against the Lord , but he died for his own sin and left no sons.

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

5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord

6 and the Lord said to him,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:4And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.

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27:4why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son?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.