Numbers 27

Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad Ibn Hepher, Ibn Gilead, Ibn Machir, Ibn Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh Ibn Yusuf; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. ²They stood before Musa, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, ³Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Allah in the company of Qarun: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. ⁴Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father. ⁵Musa brought their cause before Allah. ⁶Allah spoke to Musa, saying, ⁷The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. ⁸You shall speak to Bani-Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. ⁹If he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. ¹⁰If he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. ¹¹If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to Bani-Israel a statute and ordinance, as Allah commanded Musa. ¹²Allah said to Musa, Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to Bani-Israel. ¹³When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Harun your brother was gathered; ¹⁴because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) ¹⁵Musa spoke to Allah, saying, ¹⁶Let Allah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Allah not be as sheep which have no shepherd. ¹⁸Allah said to Musa, Take Yusha bin Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; ¹⁹and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. ²⁰You shall put of your honour on him, that all the congregation of Bani-Israel may obey. ²¹He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Allah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all Bani-Israel with him, even all the congregation. ²²Musa did as Allah commanded him; and he took Yusha, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: ²³and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Allah spoke by Musa.