Key Verse Spotlight
Numbers 27:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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 27:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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,
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.
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}
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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