Numbers 27:4

God's Word

Why should our father’s name be allowed to die out in his family because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

Cross References

Psalm 109:13

Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why are you so angry with your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand?

Proverbs 13:9

The light of righteous people beams brightly, but the lamp of wicked people will be snuffed out.

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died in the desert. He was not a part of Korah’s followers who joined forces against the Lord. He died for his own sin and left no sons.

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case to the Lord,

Joshua 17:4

They came to the priest Eleazar, Joshua (son of Nun), and the leaders. They said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us some land as an inheritance among our male relatives.” So they gave them an inheritance among their father’s relatives as the Lord had required.