NET Bible
"Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”"
— Numbers 27:4, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father."”
“And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.”
“Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.”
“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.”
Special Inheritance Laws Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,
“Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”
So Moses brought their case before the LORD.
The LORD said to Moses:
“The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.