Numbers 27:4

Why should the shem avinu be withdrawn + 27:4 See Rv 3:5 from among his Mishpakhat, because he hath no ben?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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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.

In Context

3Avinu 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.

5And Moshe brought their mishpat before Hashem.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11And Moshe besought Hashem Elohav, and said, Hashem, why doth Thy wrath burn hot against Thy people, which Thou hast brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim with ko'ach gadol, and with a yad chazakah?

Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; 1 and in the dor acher (generation following) let their shem be blotted out. 1

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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