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Numbers 27:4

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.

KJV

Retulitque Moyses causam earum ad judicium Domini.

Vulgate

μὴ ἐξαλειφθήτω τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἐκ μέσου τοῦ δήμου αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ υἱός· δότε ἡμῖν κατάσχεσιν ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸς ἡμῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

לָ֣/מָּה יִגָּרַ֤ע שֵׁם אָבִ֨י/נוּ֙ מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔/וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין ל֖/וֹ בֵּ֑ן תְּנָ/ה לָּ֣/נוּ אֲחֻזָּ֔ה בְּ/ת֖וֹךְ אֲחֵ֥י אָבִֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 66×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 304×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
תִגְרְע֖וּ
tgr'v
verb · 22×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Josh 17:4 — And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore accordi