1. The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, came forward. (Zelophehad belonged to the clans of Manasseh, son of Joseph.) The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
2. Standing before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the princes, and the whole community at the entrance of the tent of meeting, they said:
3. “Our father died in the wilderness. Although he did not join the faction of those who conspired against the Lord, Korah’s faction, he died for his own sin without leaving any sons.
4. But why should our father’s name be cut off from his clan merely because he had no son? Give us land among our father’s kindred.”