Numbers 27:11

Overview - Numbers 27
The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance.
The law of inheritances.
12 Moses, being told of his death, sues for a successor.
18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him.
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Numbers 27:11  (King James Version)
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.
 


kinsman
Leviticus 25:25 Leviticus 25:49 ; Ruth 4:3-6 ; Jeremiah 32:8

a statute
35:29 1 Samuel 30:25