Numbers 27:11

And if his father have no brethren ,.... Nor any descending from them:

then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family : that is nearest of kin to him, though ever so remote; that is, of his father's family, not his mother's, which was no family:

and he shall possess it : here the Jews have a saying, that an Israelite is never without heirs F25 Maimon. Hilchot Nechalot, c. 1. sect. 3. :

and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment ; a judicial law, that should ever remain firm, and sure, and unalterable:

as the Lord commanded Moses ; and therefore no man could dispose of his estate or inheritance by will, otherwise than is set forth by this command.