Numbers 27:9 (BSB)
If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
From Numbers 27. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Numbers 27:9
- 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 27:9: And if he have no brethren,.... Nor any descendants from them: then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren; that is, to his uncles, and to their children.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 27:8-11: Num 27:8-11 On this occasion God issued a general law of inheritance, which was to apply to all cases as “a statute of judgment” (or right), i.e., a statute determining right. If any one died without leaving a son, his landed property was to pass to his daughter (or daughters); in default of daughters, to his brothers; in the absence of brothers, to his paternal...