Numbers 27:8

8 Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and doesn't have a son, you must hand his inheritance over to his daughters.

Numbers 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:8

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel
The above affair occasioned a law to be made, in which all the people would have a concern, among whom such cases should happen, as after related:

saying, if a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his
inheritance to pass unto his daughter;
as in the above case of the daughters of Zelophehad; what was determined as to their particular case was made into a general law.

Numbers 27:8 In-Context

6 The LORD said to Moses:
7 Zelophehad's daughters are right in what they are saying. By all means, give them property as an inheritance among their father's brothers. Hand over their father's inheritance to them.
8 Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and doesn't have a son, you must hand his inheritance over to his daughters.
9 If he doesn't have a daughter, you will give his inheritance to his brothers.
10 If he doesn't have any brothers, you should give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
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