Tree of Life Version
Numbers 27:10
10If he has no brothers, you are to give it 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 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
8“Furthermore, you are to speak to Bnei-Yisrael saying: If a man dies without a son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter. 9If he has no daughter, you are to give his inheritance to his brothers. If he has no brothers, you are to give it to his father’s brothers. 11If his father had no brothers, you are to give it to the nearest relative in his family that he might possess it. This is to be a legal statute for Bnei-Yisrael, just as Adonai commanded to Moses.” 12Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and look at the land that I have given to Bnei-Yisrael.
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 your brother becomes poor and sells some of his property, then his nearest kinsman may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
- Ruth 4:3Then he said to the goel, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belongs to our brother Elimelech.
- Jeremiah 32:8So my uncle’s son Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard as was the word of Adonai, and said to me: “Buy my field, please, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of Adonai.
- Numbers 35:29“These are to be statutes of justice for your generations in all your dwelling places.
- 1 Samuel 30:25So it has been 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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