Numbers 27:5

Numbers 27:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)So Moses brought their case before the Lord,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses brought their case before the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

Context of Numbers 27:5

3“Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.” So Moses brought their case before the Lord. 6And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 7“The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

Numbers 27:5 word by word

וַיַּקְרֵ֥ב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטָ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• broughtקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• their causeמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 27:5

• Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
• Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Commentaries on Numbers 27:5

• 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

Topics related to Numbers 27:5

• Daughter
• Israel
• Land
• Legislation
• Mahlah
• Milcah
• Noah
• Orphan
• Petition
• Property
• Tirzah
• Women
• Zelophehad

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Charge
• Mahlah
• Zelophehad
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Genealogy
• Heir
• Hittites
• Hoglah
• Inheritance

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