New King James Version
Numbers 27:10
10If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
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 Living Translation (NLT)If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Context of Numbers 27:10
8And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. 9If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses. 12Now the Lord said to Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to 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
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Cross-references for Numbers 27:10
- Leviticus 25:25‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold.
- Ruth 4:3Then he said to the close relative, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, sold the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.
- Jeremiah 32:8Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
- Numbers 35:29‘And these things shall be a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- 1 Samuel 30:25So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to 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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