Numbers 27:1–8

The Daughters of Zelophehad

27Then drew near the daughters of ^xZelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ²And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, ³“Our father ^ydied in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the Lord ^zin the company of Korah, but ^adied for his own sin. And he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? ^bGive to us a possession among our father’s brothers.”

⁵Moses ^cbrought their case before the Lord. ⁶And the Lord said to Moses, ⁷“The daughters of Zelophehad ^dare right. ^eYou shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them. ⁸And you shall speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.