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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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"Our father died in the wilderness; and he was not in the company of those who 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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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."
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And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. Thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `If a man die and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
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And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
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And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman who 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.'"
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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Get thee up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.