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One day his daughters went to the sacred tent, where they met with Moses, Eleazar, and some other leaders of Israel, as well as a large crowd of Israelites. The young women said:

You know that our father died in the desert. But it was for something he did wrong, not for joining with Korah in rebelling against the Lord.

Our father left no sons to carry on his family name. But why should his name die out for that reason? Give us some land like the rest of his relatives in our clan, so our father's name can live on.

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and stood before Moses,(A) Eleazar the priest, the leaders(B) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting(C) and said, “Our father died in the wilderness.(D) He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord,(E) but he died for his own sin and left no sons.(F) Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

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