1. Zelophehad was the son of Hepher. Hepher was the son of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Makir. Makir was the son of Manasseh. Zelophehad’s daughters belonged to the family groups of Manasseh son of Joseph. The daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
2. They went to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. There they stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and all the people. They said,
3. “Our father died in the desert. He was not one of Korah’s followers who came against the Lord. Our father died because of his own sin. But he had no sons.
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. The Lord said to him,
7. “The daughters of Zelophehad are right. They should 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. 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. Look at the land I have given to the Israelites.