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Numbers 27:9-11

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

9. And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10. And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. 11. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 27:9-11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 27:9

Theological / Devotional

If he have no daughter. In vs. 9-11 we find the formal statement of the amendment to the law of inheritance based on the precedent of the case of the daughters of Zelophehad. Dispute between brethren in respect to property can be the cause of great bitterness (Luke 12:13).

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