🔢WEB · Numbers 27:10
What does Numbers 27:10 mean?
"If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers."
— Numbers 27:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
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.
If 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.
If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.’”
Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
Explanation
Numbers 27:10 states a simple rule of succession: when a man dies leaving no sons, no daughters, and no brothers to inherit his property, that inheritance
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