Numbers 27:3

“Our father died in the wilderness, etc.] As all the generation of the children of Israel did, that came out of Egypt, who were twenty years old and upwards, excepting Joshua and Caleb: and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; which is observed, not so much to obtain the favour and good will of Moses as to clear the memory of their father from any reproach upon it, he dying in the wilderness; and chiefly to show that the claim of his posterity to a share in the land was not forfeited, he not being in that rebellion, nor in any other; so that he and his were never under any attainder: but died in his own sin; which though…”

“But died in his own sin - i. e., perished under the general sentence of exclusion from the land of promise passed on all the older generation, but limited to that generation alone. By virtue of the declaration in Numbers 14:31 the daughters of Zelophehad claim that their father’s sin should not be visited upon them. return to 'Top of Page'”

“In his own sin - For his own personal sins. It was a truth, and that believed by the Jews that death was a punishment for mens own sins. Numbers 27:4”

“27:3-4 Zelophehad had not been part of Korah’s rebellion (16:1-50); if he had been, his property rights would apparently have been voided (see 15:30; cp. 1 Kgs 21:7-16). Israelite society was patriarchal and patrilineal, tracing ancestry and property through the male line. Zelophehad had no sons, but his daughters wanted his family property rights to continue. Zelophehad’s daughters thus made a reasonable appeal for property rights equal to those of males.”

“Rosenmuller translates this verse as follows: "Our father died in the wilderness, leaving no sons; nor was he among those who rebelled against the Lord with Korah, who died on account of his own sin." Professor Dathe, however, understands by "his own sin," that sin which was common to all the Israelites, who died on account of their unbelief. died in the: Num 14:35, Num 26:64, Num 26:65 in the company: Num 16:1-3, Num 16:19, Num 16:32-35, Num 16:49, Num 26:9, Num 26:10 died in his: Eze 18:4; Joh 8:21, Joh 8:24; Rom 5:12, Rom 5:21, Rom 6:23 Numbers 27:4”