⁴ Why should the name of our father be ^(A)removed^[a] from among his family because he had no son? ^(B)Give us a ^[b]possession among our father’s brothers.”

⁴ And they came near before ^(A)Eleazar the priest, before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the rulers, saying, ^(B)“The Lord commanded Moses to give us an ^[a]inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore, according to the commandment of the Lord, he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.

^11 (A)Then Moses pleaded with ^[a]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?