Numbers 27:1–8

Inheritance Laws

27Then came the daughters of ^aZelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ²And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: ³“Our father ^bdied in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, ^cin company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be ^dremoved ¹from among his family because he had no son? ^eGive us a ²possession among our father’s brothers.”

⁵So Moses ^fbrought their case before the Lord.

⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁷“The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; ^gyou shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. ⁸And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.