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Numbers 27:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "
Numbers 27:6
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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 the LORD.
6 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
8 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
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Numbers 27:1
"Then 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 came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah."
Numbers 27:2
"They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,"
Numbers 27:3
"“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons."
Numbers 27:4
"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.”"
Numbers 27:5
"Moses brought their cause before the LORD."
Numbers 27:7
"“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them."
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