3. “Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but he died for his own sin, and he had no sons.
4. Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”
5. So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
6. The Lord said to Moses:
7. “The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.