The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.
They said, “The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel.
My lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.