(1) The daughters of Zelophehad, of Manassite family—son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph—came forward. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (2) They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the chieftains, and the whole assembly, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and they said, (3) “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not one of the faction, Korah’s faction, which banded together against the LORD, but died for his own sin; and he has left no sons. (4) Let not our father’s name be lost to his clan just because he had no son! Give us a holding among our father’s kinsmen!” (5) Moses brought their case before the LORD. (6) And the LORD said to Moses, (7) “The plea of Zelophehad’s daughters is just: you should give them a hereditary holding among their father’s kinsmen; transfer their father’s share to them. (8) “Further, speak to the Israelite people as follows: ‘If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his property to his daughter. (9) If he has no daughter, you shall assign his property to his brothers. (10) If he has no brothers, you shall assign his property to his father’s brothers. (11) If his father had no brothers, you shall assign his property to his nearest relative in his own clan, and he shall inherit it.’ This shall be the law of procedure for the Israelites, in accordance with the LORD’s command to Moses.”
Midrashim of the Daughter's of Zelophad by Rivka Lovitz
"The daughters of Zelophehad, of Manassite family—son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph—came forward. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah."
Why, in the beginning, are they called the daughters of Zelophad (צלפחד) and only later are they each mentioned by name? This is due to the shadow (צל) and the fear (פחד) that they had in the beginning. For at the start, they were in the shadow of their father, and they were afraid to go in front of the assembly. As they drew closer together, this one to the other, they became confident and were thus called by their names, as it is written, "The daughters of Zelophad ... and these are the names of his daughters."
"The plea of Zelophehad’s daughters is just"
Tanot asked God: If the daughters of Zelophad spoke truth, why do You not write thus in Your Torah, for are You not truth and Your Torah true and Your words eternal?
God answered her: "Truth will sprout from the earth." (Psalms 85:12)
Tanot asked: Does it not say, "God's Torah is complete"? (Psalms 19:8)
God answered her: I have already written in my Torah, "Complete you will be with God, your God" (Deut. 18:13)
and I have also said: "Wander before me and be whole." (Genesis 17:1)
There is truth that comes down from the heavens and there is a truth that sprouts up from below. Happy is the generation wherein they meet, the truth from above and the truth from below. As it says, "Truth from the earth will sprout and justice from the heavens will observe." (Psalms 85:12)
The cynics in that generation would known to say: The daughters of Zelophad didn't have the hearts and minds in the right place. They said: They did it for power, they did it for wealth, in order to become the equals of men in matters of inheritance, and they did not do it for the sake of heaven.
Thus the Torah says: "The plea of Zelophad's daughters is just (כן)" Where here the language of כן is that of honesty (כנות). 'Just" because it was correct what they (the cynics) said:
They did it for power, they did it for wealth, in order to become the equals of men in matters of inheritance, for the sake of heaven they did it.