Numbers 26:56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups."

◄ Numbers 26:56 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups."

English Standard Version
Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

New American Standard Bible
"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

King James Bible
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes."

International Standard Version
Depending on the lot, the portion of their inheritance is to be divided between those with more members and those with fewer members."

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.

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

Young's Literal Translation
according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

Cross References

Numbers 26:55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

Numbers 26:57
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Ezekiel 47:22
And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be to you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

26:52-56 In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less. Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at last must be settled by the providence of God, with which all must be satisfied.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

55. the land shall be divided by lot—The appeal to the lot did not place the matter beyond the control of God; for it is at His disposal (Pr 16:33), and He has fixed to all the bounds of their habitation. The manner in which the lot was taken has not been recorded. But it is evident that the lot was cast for determining the section of the country in which each tribe should be located—not the quantity of their possessions. In other words, when the lot had decided that a particular tribe was to be settled in the north or the south, the east or the west, the extent of territory was allocated according to the rule (Nu 26:54).