Numbers 36:2

WEB

and they said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for 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.

KJV

And 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 unto his daughters.

Commentary

And they said,.... One in the name of the rest: the Lord commanded my lord; that is, Moses, whom they address in a very respectab le manner, being the chief governor of the nation under God: to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; which command may be seen, in Num 26:53 , and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother; or kinsman, being of the same tribe: unto his daughters; who sued for it, and upon Moses's consulting the Lord about it, it was ordered they should have it, Num 27:1 and which these princes observed was likely to be attended with the following inconvenience.