Numbers 27:9

And if he have no brethren,.... Nor any descendants from them:

then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren; that is, to his uncles, and to their children.

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…

A formal statement of the law of inheritance. Failing sons, the property passes to a daughter; failing daughters, to brothers; failing brothers, to uncles; and failing uncles, to the next-of-kin (see…