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 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 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 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family because he hath no son Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father And Moses brought their cause before the Lord And the Lord spake unto Moses saying The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father 039 s brethren and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them