And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: “Our father (A)died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, (B)in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. Why should the name of our father be (C)removed[a] from among his family because he had no son? (D)Give us a [b]possession among our father’s brothers.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 27:4 withdrawn
  2. Numbers 27:4 inheritance

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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