Numbers 27:5

5 And Moses told their cause to the doom of the Lord; (And Moses brought their case to the judgement of the Lord;)

Numbers 27:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:5

And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
] For it seems it was too difficult for this court to decide; and it devolving upon Moses, as the president of it, and who only could have recourse to God at all times, he carried it to him and consulted with him about it: this, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, was one of the four causes that came before Moses the prophet, that he solved according to the mind of the Lord, which he consulted; one was concerning the blasphemer, ( Leviticus 24:11 ) , the other concerning those defiled by the dead, ( Numbers 9:8 ) , the third concerning the sabbath breaker, ( Numbers 15:34 ) and the fourth was this; (See Gill on Leviticus 24:12).

Numbers 27:5 In-Context

3 Our father was dead in the desert, neither he was in the rebelty that was raised against the Lord under Korah, but he was dead in his sin; he had no male sons [he had not male children]. (Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the rebellion that was raised against the Lord under Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.)

4 Why is his name taken away from his family, for he hath no son? Give ye possession to us among our father's kinsmen. (But why should his name be done away from his family, simply because he hath no son? Give ye to us a possession, that is, some property, among our father's kinsmen.)

5 And Moses told their cause to the doom of the Lord; (And Moses brought their case to the judgement of the Lord;)

6 the which said to Moses, (and the Lord said to Moses,)

7 The daughters of Zelophehad ask a just thing; give thou possession to them among their father's kinsmen, and be they successors to him into heritage. (The daughters of Zelophehad ask for a just thing; give thou them some property among their father's kinsmen, and let them be the successors of his inheritance.)