And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
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.
Commenting on Numbers 27:1-11
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.
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...
Commenting on Numbers 27:8-11