5. Moses brought their case before the Lord.
6. The Lord said to Moses:
7. Zelophehad’s daughters are right in what they are saying. By all means, give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers. Hand over their father’s inheritance to them.
8. Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and doesn’t have a son, you must hand his inheritance over to his daughters.
9. If he doesn’t have a daughter, you will give his inheritance to his brothers.
10. If he doesn’t have any brothers, you should give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11. If his father had no brothers, you should give his inheritance to his nearest relative from his clan. He will take possession of it. This will be a regulation and a case law for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.
12. The Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain, Abarim, and look at the land that I’ve given to the Israelites.
13. You will see it and then join your ancestors just as Aaron your brother has,
14. because in the Zin desert, when the community confronted you, you rebelled against my command to show them my holiness by means of the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the Zin desert.)
15. Moses spoke to the Lord: