American Standard Version
Numbers 27:10
10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
Numbers 27:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
- New International Version (NIV)If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Context of Numbers 27:10
8And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. 11And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Read all of Numbers 27Numbers 27:10 word by word
וְאִם־אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ אַחִ֑ים וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם אֶת־נַחֲלָת֖וֹ לַאֲחֵ֥י אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 27:10
- Leviticus 25:25If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.
- Ruth 4:3And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
- Jeremiah 32:8So Hanamel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
- Numbers 35:29And these things shall be for a statuteandordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- 1 Samuel 30:25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
Commentaries on Numbers 27:10
- 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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