If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
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If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain No brethren, nor sisters, as appears from Num 27:8.
No brethren, nor sisters, as appears from Num 27:8.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if his father have no brethren,.... Nor any…
And if his father have no brethren,.... Nor any descending from them:
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family: that is nearest of kin to him, though ever so remote; that is, of his father's family, not his mother's, which was no family:
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and he shall possess it: here the Jews have a saying, that an Israelite is never without heirs (y):
and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment; a judicial law, that should ever remain firm, and sure, and unalterable:
as the Lord commanded Moses; and therefore no man could dispose of his estate or inheritance by will, otherwise than is set forth by this command.
(y) Maimon. Hilchot Nechalot, c. 1. sect. 3.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain No brethren -- nor sisters, as appears from ver.…
No brethren -- nor sisters, as appears from ver. 8.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 27:10-11. No brethren — Nor sisters, as appears…
Num 27:10-11. No brethren — Nor sisters, as appears from Num 27:8. A statute of judgment — A standing law or rule, whereby to judge of succession to inheritances in all future times, and whereby the magistrates should give judgment in such cases.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.