4. This means that our father’s name will not continue. It is not fair that our father’s name will not continue. His name will end because he had no sons. So we ask you to give us some of the land that our father’s brothers will get.”
5. So Moses asked the Lord what he should do.
6. The Lord said to him,
7. “The daughters of Zelophehad are right. They should share the land with their father’s brothers. So give them the land that you would have given to their father.
8. “So tell the Israelites, ‘If a man has no son, when he dies everything he owns will be given to his daughter.
9. If he has no daughter, everything he owns will be given to his brothers.
10. If he has no brothers, everything he owns will be given to his father’s brothers.
11. If his father had no brothers, everything he owns will be given to the closest relative in his family. This will be a law among the Israelites. The Lord has given this command to Moses.’”
12. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up on one of mountains in the desert east of the Jordan River. There you will see the land that I am giving to the Israelites.