Numbers 27:3

Avinu died in the midbar, and he was not in the edah hano'adim (assembly of ones banding together) against Hashem in the Adat Korach; but died in his own chet, and had no banim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And they stood before Moshe, and before El'azar HaKohen, and before the Nasiim and kol HaEdah, by the petach Ohel Mo'ed, saying,

4Why should the shem avinu be withdrawn + 27:4 See Rv 3:5 from among his Mishpakhat, because he hath no ben? Give unto us therefore achuzzah among the achei avinu.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:35I, Hashem, have spoken, I will surely do it unto this Kol HaEdah, that are gathered together against Me: in this midbar they shall come to an end, and there they shall die.

Numbers 16:2And they rose up before Moshe, with certain of the Bnei Yisroel, two hundred and fifty Nasi'ei Edah, chosen from the assembly, men of renown;

Numbers 16:32And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, their batim (houses), all the men that were of Korach, and all their possessions.

Numbers 26:9And the Bnei Eliav; Nemuel, and Datan, and Aviram. This is that Datan and Aviram, which were summoned by the edah, who made a contention against Moshe and against Aharon in the adat Korach, when they contended in opposition to Hashem:

Numbers 26:64But among these there was not an ish of them whom Moshe and Aharon HaKohen numbered, when they numbered the Bnei Yisroel in the Midbar Sinai.

Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all nefashot are Mine; as the nefesh of the av, so also the nefesh of the ben is Mine; the nefesh that sinneth, it shall die.

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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