Numbers 27:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.”

Numbers 27:12

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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that {is} the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

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Numbers 27:1

"Then came 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: and these {are} the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah."

Numbers 27:2

"And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, {by} the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,"

Numbers 27:3

"Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons."

Numbers 27:4

"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. {done...: Heb. diminished}"

Numbers 27:5

"And Moses brought their cause before the LORD."

Numbers 27:6

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

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