Numbers 27:4

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Joshua 17:4

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the rulers, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore, according to the commandment of the Lord, he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.

Psalm 109:13

Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Exodus 32:11

Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of 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 will be put out.

Numbers 27:3

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

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case before the Lord.