4. Our father’s name will die out because he had no sons. Give us property among our father’s relatives.”
5. So Moses brought their case to the Lord,
6. and the Lord said to him,
7. “The daughters of Zelophehad are right; they should certainly get what their father owned. Give them property among their father’s relatives.
8. “Tell the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then everything he owned should go to his daughter.
9. If he has no daughter, then everything he owned should go to his brothers.
10. If he has no brothers, then everything he owned should go to his father’s brothers.
11. And if his father had no brothers, then everything he owned should go to the nearest relative in his family group. This should be a rule among the people of Israel, as the Lord has given this command to Moses.’ ”
12. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Climb this mountain in the Abarim Mountains, and look at the land I have given to the Israelites.
13. After you have seen it, you will die and join your ancestors as your brother Aaron did,
14. because you both acted against my command in the Desert of Zin. You did not honor me as holy before the people at the waters of Meribah.” (This was at Meribah in Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)