Numbers 27:5

So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

In Context

4Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

6And the Lord said to Moses,

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Cross References

Exodus 18:15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

Leviticus 24:12And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.

Numbers 15:34And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.

Proverbs 3:5Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 27:2-12

The Daughters of Zelophehad. ( b. c. 1452.) 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. 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, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was… Read the whole commentary →

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