And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is closest to him of his family, and he shall inherit it; and it shall be for the children of Yisrael a statute of judgment, as Hashem commanded Moshe.
English: Our Rabbis taught: “his relative” — this is his wife; this teaches that the husband inherits his wife. One might think she also inherits him — the verse teaches “and he shall inherit her”: he inherits her, and she does not inherit him.