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Numbers 27:6
6and the Lord answered him,
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Context of Numbers 27:6
4Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan? Since he had no son, give us property among our father’s brothers.” 5Moses brought their case before the Lord, and the Lord answered him, 7“What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them. 8Tell the Israelites: When a man dies without having a son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 27:6
- Numbers 36:1The family heads from the clan of the descendants of Gilead — the son of Machir, son of Manasseh — who were from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders who were heads of the Israelite families.
- Psalms 68:5God in his holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows.
- Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in me.
- Galatians 3:28There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Numbers 27:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Moses brought their case before the Lord. The Lord accepted the women’s request. God then established their case as a general rule. This new rule helped preserve property within families when there were no sons to inherit it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-113. Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not ... in the company of ... Korah--This declaration might be necessary because his death might have occurred about the time of that rebellion; and especially because, as the children of these conspirators were involved along with their fathers in the awful punishment, their plea appeared the more proper and forcible that their father did not die for any cause that doomed his family to lose their lives or…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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