Numbers 27:8

8 Tell the people of Israel that whenever a man dies without leaving a son, his daughter is to inherit his property.

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 and the Lord said to him,
7 "What the daughters of Zelophehad request is right; give them property among their father's relatives. Let his inheritance pass on to them.
8 Tell the people of Israel that whenever a man dies without leaving a son, his daughter is to inherit his property.
9 If he has no daughter, his brothers are to inherit it.
10 If he has no brothers, his father's brothers are to inherit it.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.