Numbers 26:56
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Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.

these are

Numbers 35:2,3 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions, . . .

Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath, and Merari.

Exodus 6:16-19 And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. . . .

1 Chronicles 6:1,16 The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari. . . .

Of Gershon

Numbers 3:1 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.

Numbers 4:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:

Context
Inheritance by Lot
55Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families. 56Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.
Cross References
Numbers 26:55
Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.

Numbers 26:57
This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites.

Ezekiel 47:22
And you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that shall come over to you, that shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as men of the same country born among the children of Israel: they shall divide the possession with you in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

Lexicon
Each inheritance
נַחֲלָת֑וֹ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

is to be divided
תֵּחָלֵ֖ק (tê·ḥā·lêq)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

lot
הַגּוֹרָ֔ל (hag·gō·w·rāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting)

among
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the larger
רַ֖ב (raḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

and smaller tribes.”
לִמְעָֽט׃ (lim·‘āṭ)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few


Additional Translations
Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.

according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.

According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."

according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'
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