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.”
5. So Moses laid their case before the Lord,
6. and the Lord said to him:
7. The plea of Zelophehad’s daughters is just; you shall give them hereditary land among their father’s kindred and transfer their father’s heritage to them.
8. Tell the Israelites: If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his heritage to his daughter;
9. if he has no daughter, you shall give his heritage to his brothers;