The pesukim (verses) that talk about the Bnot Tzelofchad are where we learn all the laws of inheritance. Bnot Tzelofchad were the daughters of a man named Tzelofchad, who came from the tribe of Menashe. He passed away and had no sons. His five daughters approached Moshe Rabbeinu with the claim that they wanted to be the inheritors of Tzelofchad. Why should their father's legacy be wiped out? Moshe Rabbeinu went to HaKadosh Baruch Hu (The Holy One, blessed be He), and Hashem responded that indeed they were right and that they are going to inherit because they had no brothers. We learn all the laws from here. And here we'll talk about what these five daughters of Tzelofchad actually inherited.
The Mishnah says, “Bnot Tzelofchad natlu shalosh chelakim benachalah.” The daughters of Tzelofchad received three portions in the land of Israel after they were named as their father's inheritors.
Number one: “Chelek avihem shehayah im yotzei Mitzrayim (Egypt).” They received a portion of land that their father, Tzelofchad, was entitled to because he was one of the people who left Egypt. The way it was divided up in those days is that every single male over the age of 20 who left Egypt received a chelek, a portion in Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel). When they died in the desert, their portion was handed over to their children, to their sons. Here, since there were no sons and there were only daughters, that portion was handed off to the Bnot Tzelofchad. Those daughters inherited that first portion in Eretz Yisrael.
Likewise, number two: Chefer was the name of Tzelofchad's father. He was also somebody who left Egypt and therefore would have been entitled to a parcel of land in Eretz Yisrael. He died in the desert, so all of his children were going to be his inheritors. But Tzelofchad died as well. So therefore, in his place stood his daughters. They inherited from their grandfather, Tzelofchad's father, along with the rest of their uncles. They all inherited a piece of their father's portion in Eretz Yisrael. So this is Bnot Tzelofchad inheriting the portion that was destined for their grandfather, Chefer.
And then the third portion: Tzelofchad was the bechor (eldest born) of the sons of Chefer. So he was entitled to a double portion of Chefer's nachalah, of Chefer's inheritance, of Chefer's portion in Eretz Yisrael. So therefore, Tzelofchad was entitled to two portions. His daughters, who stood in his place, inherited that extra portion as well, as he would have. So therefore, Bnot Tzelofchad were given three portions in Eretz Yisrael: the portion of Tzelofchad, the portion that their father, Tzelofchad, was entitled to from the estate of his father, whose name was Chefer. And then, since Tzelofchad was a bechor, he would have been entitled to two chelakim, two portions. And those are the three pieces of Eretz Yisrael that Bnot Tzelofchad inherited.