Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Numbers 27
³ "Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
⁴ Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers."
⁵ So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
⁷ "The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
⁸ And 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.
⁹ If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
¹⁰ If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
¹¹ And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ " And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
¹² Now the Lord said to Moses: "Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
¹³ And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.