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Numbers 27:11

And if his father has no brethren, then you 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.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Uncles. His nephews are at a greater distance from the original stock. The Phoenicians carried the same regulations into Africa. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 7.) The relations by the mother's side, could claim no part. The husband was heir to all his wife's goods, except her dowry, which went to her children. People born of a slave, or of a harlot or strange woman, were not lawful heirs. "These regulations have been adopted by all civilized nations. "(Origen, hom. 22.) (Calmet)

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