Numbers 27:10
8 Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
- KJV
- And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
- WEB
- If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
- ASV
- And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father`s brethren.
- DARBY
- And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
- BLB
- And if he has no brothers, then you⁺ shall give his inheritance to the brothers of his father.
- ÅB
- Og dersom han ingen brødre har, så skal dere gi hans fars brødre hans arv.
- OTB
- Hvis han ikke har noen brødre, tildel hans arv til hans fars brødre.
- B1930
- Og dersom han ingen brødre har, så skal I gi hans fars brødre hans arv.