Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
Numbers 27:4 - Tree of Life Version Why should our father’s name diminish from his family just because he had no son? Give to us property among our father’s brothers.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Why should our father’s name be taken away from his clan because he didn’t have a son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Moses referred their case to the judgment of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord. |
Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
Then Moses sought Adonai his God and said, “Adonai, why should Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
The light of the righteous shines brightly. The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
“Our father died in the wilderness. But he was not one of the followers banding together against Adonai with Korah, though he died for his own sin. Yet he had no sons.
So they appeared before Eleazar the kohen, before Joshua son of Nun and before the leaders saying: “Adonai commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our kinsmen.” Therefore according to the commandment of Adonai he gave them a portion among their father’s kinsmen.