UNumeri 27:1-8

Kwasekufika amadodakazi kaSelofehadi indodana kaHeferi indodana kaGileyadi indodana kaMagiri indodana kaManase emindenini kaManase indodana kaJosefa; lawa angamagama amadodakazi akhe; uMagila, uNowa noHogila noMilka noTirisa. Ema phambi kukaMose, naphambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi, naphambi kwezikhulu, nayo yonke inhlangano ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana, athi: Ubaba wafela ehlane, wayengekho eqenjini lababuthanela uJehova eqenjini likaKora; kodwa wafa esonweni sakhe futhi engenamadodana. Kungani igama likababa kumelwe liqedwe phakathi komndeni wakhe, ngoba engenandodana? Bese usinika ifa phakathi kwabafowabo bakababa. UMozisi waseletha udaba lwabo phambi kweNkosi. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: Amadodakazi kaSelofehadi akhulume kahle: Kufanele uwanike ifa phakathi kwabafowabo bakayise; futhi kumelwe uvumele ifa likayise lidlulele kubo. Futhi kumelwe ukhulume kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘Uma umuntu efa engenandodana, kumelwe nilidlulisele ifa lakhe endodakazini yakhe.