Numbers 27:4 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 27:4

Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

BSB

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ASV

Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A distribution of the promised land was about to be made; and it is interesting to know the legal provision made in these comparatively rare cases for preserving a patrimony from being alienated to another tribe.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Be done away - As it will be, if it be not preserved by an inheritance given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some gather, that the first son of each of these heiresses was called by their father's name, by virtue of that law, Deut. xxv, 6, whereby the brother's first son was to bear the name of his elder brother, whose widow he married.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָ֣מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
יִגָּרַ֤ע	yi.ga.Ra'	will it be withdrawn	H1639 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
אָבִ֙ינוּ֙	'a.Vi.nu	father our	H1 →
מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ	mish.pach.To	clan his	H4940 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	not	H369 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	[belonged] to <the> him
בֵּ֑ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
תְּנָה־	te.nah-	give !	H5414 →
לָּ֣נוּ	La.nu	to <the> us
אֲחֻזָּ֔ה	'a.chu.Zah	a possession	H272 →
בְּת֖וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in among	H8432 →
אֲחֵ֥י	'a.Chei	[the] brothers of	H251 →
אָבִֽינוּ׃	'a.Vi.nu	father our	H1 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
leads to
- Proverbs 24:20
  For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Proverbs 4:18
  The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Proverbs 20:20
  Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Psalms 97:11
  Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4
  Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Through
Psalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:7
  The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Psalms 37:28
  For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Through
Exodus 32:11
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:18–20
  Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers