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There was one exception.

In Numbers 27: 1-4, the daughters of Zelophehad ( Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah ) of the tribe of Manasseh come to Moses and ask for their father's inheritance, as they have no brothers.

In Numbers 27: 7-11, Jehovah grants that if a man has no sons, then his daughters may inherit, and lays down the order of inheritance: a man's sons inherit first, daughters if no sons, brothers if he has no children, and so on.