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1 ) Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
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2 ) And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
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3 ) Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
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4 ) Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
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5 ) And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
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6 ) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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7 ) The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren, and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
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8 ) And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then all of you shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
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9 ) And if he have no daughter, then all of you shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
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10 ) And if he have no brethren, then all of you shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
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11 ) And if his father have no brethren, then all of you shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.