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And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:

Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.

And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.

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and stood before Moses,(A) Eleazar the priest, the leaders(B) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting(C) and said, “Our father died in the wilderness.(D) He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord,(E) but he died for his own sin and left no sons.(F) Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

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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.

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