Numbers 27:11 - The Scriptures 2009

¹¹ And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Yisra’ĕl a law of right-ruling, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And if his father has no brethren, then give his inheritance to his next of kin, and he shall possess it. It shall be to the Israelites a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ 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 and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Common English Bible

¹¹ If his father had no brothers, you should give his inheritance to his nearest relative from his clan. He will take possession of it. This will be a regulation and a case law for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But if he has no paternal uncles, the inheritance shall be given to those who are closest to him. And this shall be, for the sons of Israel, consecrated as a perpetual law, just as the Lord has instructed Moses."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel sacred, by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.

Numbers 27:11 Cross References

Jeremiah 32:8

“So Ḥaname’ĕl my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of יהוה, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Binyamin, for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption. Buy it for yourself.’ And I knew that this was the word of יהוה.

Leviticus 25:25

‘When your brother becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and his redeemer, a close relative comes to redeem it, then he shall redeem what his brother sold.

Leviticus 25:49

or his uncle or his uncle’s son does redeem him, or anyone who is a close relative to him in his clan does redeem him, or if he is able, then he shall redeem himself.

Numbers 27:10

And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

Numbers 35:29

And these shall be for a law of right-ruling to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

1 Samuel 30:25

And it came to be, from that day forward, he appointed it for a law and a right-ruling for Yisra’ĕl to this day.