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.|


In Context

1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

3 |Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

4 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.|

5 Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.

6 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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27:4why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son?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