Numbers 27:3
in Numbers 27“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But died in his own sin - i. e., perished under the general sentence of exclusion from the land of promise passed on all the older generation, but limited to that generation alone. By virtue of the declaration in Num 14:31 the daughters of Zelophehad claim that their father’s sin should not be visited upon them.
This site's exposition
Our father died in the wilderness
on Numbers 27:3-4
The case is argued in two moves and both of them are legal. They separate their father from the company of Korah in Numbers 16 so that no charge of rebellion attaches to his house, and they say he died in his own sin, which places him under the general sentence of Numbers 14:29 rather than under a particular judgment. Barnes reads the claim as resting on Numbers 14:31, where the children of that generation were promised the land their parents refused. What they ask for is their father's name kept in his family, and the possession is the means of keeping it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In his own sin - For his own personal sins. It was a truth, and that believed by the Jews that death was a punishment for mens own sins.
Our father died in the wilderness,....
He was never convicted of any thing that might be a bar to his children's claim. It is a comfort to parents, when they come to die, if, though they smart themselves for their own sin, yet they are not conscious to themselves of any of those iniquities which God visits upon the children.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָבִינוּ֮ | ʾavinu | father our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מֵ֣ת | met | he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּר֒ | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| וְה֨וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֜ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּת֣וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הָעֵדָ֗ה | haedah | the company | H5712 → | 149 times |
| הַנּוֹעָדִ֛ים | hanoadim | which gathered | H3259 → | 29 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בַּעֲדַת־ | baadat- | in [the] company of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| קֹ֑רַח | korach | Korah | H7141 → | 26 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְחֶטְא֣וֹ | vecheto | in own sin his | H2399 → | 33 times |
| מֵ֔ת | met | he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וּבָנִ֖ים | uvanim | and sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָ֥יוּ | hayu | they belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to <the> him |
אָבִינוּ֮father our
ʾavinuH1 →1212 times
מֵ֣תhe died
metH4191 →839 times
בַּמִּדְבָּר֒in the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
וְה֨וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֜הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בְּת֣וֹךְin among
betokhH8432 →418 times
הָעֵדָ֗הthe company
haedahH5712 →149 times
הַנּוֹעָדִ֛יםwhich gathered
hanoadimH3259 →29 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בַּעֲדַת־in [the] company of
baadat-H5712 →149 times
קֹ֑רַחKorah
korachH7141 →26 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
בְחֶטְא֣וֹin own sin his
vechetoH2399 →33 times
מֵ֔תhe died
metH4191 →839 times
וּבָנִ֖יםand sons
uvanimH1121 →4930 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָ֥יוּthey belonged
hayuH1961 →3559 times
לֽוֹ׃to <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
Through
Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
- Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
- Ezekiel 18:20
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.