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Num 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Why		Exd 32:11; Psa 109:13; Pro 13:9
done away		Heb. diminished.
Give		Jos 17:4

Correlating Passages

Why

	Exd 32:11	And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
	Psa 109:13	Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
	Pro 13:9	The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Give

Jos 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 according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 27:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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