Numbers 27:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest kinsman from his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be a statute of judgment to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred and let him possesse it. And this shalbe vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commauded Moses.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf he haue no fathers brethre, ye shal geue it vnto his nexte kyn?folke which beloge vnto him in his kynred, yt they maye possesse it. This shalbe an ordynaunce and a perpetuall lawe vnto the children of Israel, as the LORDE comaunded Moses.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if his father haue no brethren, ye shal giue his inheritance vnto his next kinsman of his familie, and he shall possesse it: and this shall be vnto the children of Israel a law of iudgement, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And if his father haue no brethren, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto hym that is next to him of his kinred, and he shall possesse it: And this shalbe vnto the chyldren of Israel a lawe of iudgement, as the Lorde hath commaunded Moyses.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;' and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:29 : 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
  • Ruth 4:3-6 : 3 Then he said to the kinsman, 'Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, is selling a piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. 4 So I thought to inform you, saying, Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if not, tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one to redeem it besides you, and I come after you.' And he said, 'I will redeem it.' 5 Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.' 6 The kinsman replied, 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.'
  • Jer 32:8 : 8 So Hanameel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew this was the word of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 30:25 : 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
  • Lev 25:25 : 25 If your brother becomes poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin comes to redeem it, then shall he redeem what his brother sold.
  • Lev 25:49 : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he is able, he may redeem himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 27:4-10
    7 verses
    91%

    4Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he has no son? Give us, therefore, a possession among the brothers of our father.

    5And Moses brought their case before the LORD.

    6And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    7The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

    8And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

    9And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

  • Josh 17:4
    78%

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • Num 36:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

    3And if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; thus it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

    4And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

    5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken well.

  • Deut 18:2
    75%

    2Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • Num 33:54
    75%

    54You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

  • Deut 25:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

    6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be put out of Israel.

  • Num 36:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not transfer from tribe to tribe; for each of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

    8And every daughter that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that each of the children of Israel may enjoy the inheritance of his fathers.

    9Thus the inheritance shall not transfer from one tribe to another tribe; but each tribe of the children of Israel shall keep to its own inheritance.

  • Num 34:13
    74%

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

  • Num 26:53-55
    3 verses
    74%

    53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

    54To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

    55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

  • Josh 14:3
    73%

    3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

  • Deut 18:8
    73%

    8They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his patrimony.

  • Deut 10:9
    73%

    9Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.

  • Lev 21:2
    73%

    2But for his relative who is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

  • Num 27:12
    73%

    12And the LORD said to Moses, Go up to this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

  • Josh 13:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32These are the lands which Moses distributed for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

    33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.

  • Lev 25:25
    73%

    25If your brother becomes poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin comes to redeem it, then shall he redeem what his brother sold.

  • Num 35:9
    72%

    9And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 25:41
    72%

    41And then he shall depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return.

  • Josh 13:29
    72%

    29And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh; and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

  • Ezek 47:14
    72%

    14And you shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.

  • Josh 14:1
    72%

    1And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them.

  • Num 18:20
    72%

    20And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

  • Exod 13:11
    72%

    11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Deut 33:4
    72%

    4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

  • Num 34:2
    72%

    2Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:)

  • Ezek 47:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among you, and to the strangers who live among you, who shall bear children among you: and they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD.

  • Josh 1:15
    71%

    15until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.

  • Ezek 46:17
    71%

    17But if he gives a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall belong to him until the year of liberty; after that it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall belong to his sons for them.

  • Num 5:11
    71%

    11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

  • Num 18:24
    71%

    24But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

  • Josh 13:15
    71%

    15And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

  • Num 34:29
    71%

    29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.