2. the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. There they stood in front of Moses and the priest Eleazar. The leaders and the whole community were there too. Zelophehad's daughters said,
3. "Our father died in the Sinai Desert. But he wasn't one of the men who followed Korah. He wasn't one of those who joined together against the Lord. Our father died because of his own sin. He didn't leave any sons.
4. "Why should our father's name disappear from his family just because he didn't have a son? Give us property among our father's relatives."
5. So Moses brought their case to the Lord.
6. The Lord spoke to him. He said,
7. "What Zelophehad's daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property. Give them a share among their father's relatives. Turn their father's property over to them.
8. "Say to the people of Israel, 'Suppose a man dies who doesn't have a son. Then turn his property over to his daughter.
9. Suppose the man doesn't have a daughter. Then give his property to his brothers.
10. Suppose the man doesn't have any brothers. Then give his property to his father's brothers.
11. Suppose his father doesn't have any brothers. Then give his property to the nearest male relative in his family group. It will belong to him. That is what the law will require of the people of Israel. It is just as the Lord commanded me.' "
12. Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, "Go up this mountain in the Abarim range. See the land I have given the people of Israel.