The Meaning of Numbers 27:10 Explained

Numbers 27:10

KJV: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

YLT: and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father's brethren;

Darby: And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

ASV: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if he have no brethren,  then ye shall give  his inheritance  unto his father's  brethren. 

What does Numbers 27:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 27:1-23 - Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor
Up to the last Moses was faithful as a servant to Him that had appointed him in all his house, Hebrews 3:2. Notice that he did not attempt to legislate for these young girls, who pleaded for a possession in their father's right; but he brought their case before God. It was ever "as the Lord commanded Moses," Numbers 27:11; Numbers 22:1-41. And when he was bidden to ascend the mountain and die his main anxiety was to secure a successor to shepherd the people. Notice that expressive phrase, "the God of the spirits of all flesh!" See Hebrews 12:9.
The great Lawgiver may bring the people to the borders of the land of rest, but there he must resign his charge. The law, with its demands for an obedience which we cannot give, cannot bring the soul to rest. That is the prerogative of Joshua-Jesus, Hebrews 4:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 27

1  The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance
6  The law of inheritances
12  Moses, being told of his death, asks for a successor
18  Joshua is appointed to succeed him

What do the individual words in Numbers 27:10 mean?

Then if has no he brothers and you shall give - his inheritance to brothers of his father
וְאִם־ אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ אַחִ֑ים וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם אֶת־ נַחֲלָת֖וֹ לַאֲחֵ֥י אָבִֽיו

וְאִם־  Then  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
אֵ֥ין  has  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
אַחִ֑ים  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם  and  you  shall  give 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נַחֲלָת֖וֹ  his  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
לַאֲחֵ֥י  to  brothers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
אָבִֽיו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.

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