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Numbers 27:7 KJV
Numbers · chapter 27 · verse 7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.Numbers 27:7 · King James Version
Numbers 27:7 in context
5And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
6And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
8And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- ZelophehadTsᵉlophchâdTselophchad, an IsraeliteH6765 →
- possessionʼăchuzzâhsomething seizedH272 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
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Mention is made of the case of these daughters of Zelophehad in the chapter before, v. 33. It should seem, by the particular notice taken of it, that it was a singular case, and that the like did not at this time occur in all Israel, that the head of a family had no sons, but daughters only.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11