CLV(i)
1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, came near. These were the names of his daughters:Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
2 They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and the whole congregation at the opening of the tent of appointment, saying.
3 Our father, he died in the wilderness, yet he was not in the midst of the congregation of those set against Yahweh in the congregation of Korah, but he died for his own sin, and sons he did not come to have.
4 Why should the name of our father be disadvantaged from the midst of his family because he had no son? Give now to us a holding in the midst of our father's brothers.
5 So Moses brought near their plea before Yahweh.
6 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.
7 Properly the daughters of Zelophehad are speaking. You shall give, yea give to them a holding for an allotment in the midst of the brothers of their father, and you will cause the allotment of their father to pass to them.
8 And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying:In case a man dies and he has no son then you will cause his allotment to pass on to his daughter.
9 If he has no daughter then you will give his allotment to his brothers;
10 and if he has no brothers then you will give his allotment to the brothers of his father.
11 If his father had no brothers then you will give his allotment to his kin, the one nearest to him in his family, and he will tenant it. And it will come to be to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, just as Yahweh has instructed Moses.