Numbers 26:33

33Now aZelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 27:1-11

The Daughters of Zelophehad

1Then drew near the daughters of bZelophehad 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 cdied in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the Lord din the company of Korah, but edied 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? fGive to us a possession among our father’s brothers.”

5Moses gbrought their case before the Lord. 6And the Lord said to Moses, 7“The daughters of Zelophehad hare right. iYou 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. 9And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest jkinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel ka statute and rule, as the Lord commanded Moses.’”

Numbers 36:1-12

Marriage of Female Heirs

1The heads of the fathers’ houses of the clan of the lpeople of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel. 2They said, m“The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and nmy lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. 3But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4And when othe jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

5And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph pis right. 6This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, qonly they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. 7The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel rshall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8And severy daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”

10The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses, 11 tfor Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father’s brothers. 12They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s clan.

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