Numbers 27:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

Cross References

Psalm 109:13

May his descendants be eliminated; May their name be wiped out in a following generation.

Exodus 32:11

Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Numbers 27:3

“Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the group of those who gathered together against the Lord, in the group of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

Joshua 17:4

They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So in accordance with the command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.