Numbers 27:5 (BSB)

So Moses brought their case before the LORD,

From Numbers 27. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 27:5

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 27:5: 5. And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. It is probable either that there was a difference of opinion, or that the minds of the judges were in doubt, as respecting an obscure and uncertain point. At any rate, it was expedient that the law should be laid down by God, lest any future controversy should arise; for, if a sentence had been pronounced...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 27:1-11: Mention is made of the case of these daughters of Zelophehad in the chapter before, v. 33. It should seem, by the particular notice taken of it, that it was a singular case, and that the like did not at this time occur in all Israel, that the head of a family had no sons, but daughters only.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 27:5: And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. For it seems it was too difficult for this court to decide; and it devolving upon Moses, as the president of it, and who only could have recourse to God at all times, he carried it to him and consulted with him about it: this, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, was one of the...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 27:5: And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. (b) That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters.