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

New Living Translation
Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”

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

Berean Study Bible
Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

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

NASB 1995
"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

NASB 1977
“According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups.

Amplified Bible
According to the [location selected by] lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller [groups].”

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots."

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."

NET Bible
Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

New King James Version
According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”

King James 2000 Bible
According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

New Heart English Bible
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few."

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce, both betwixte many and fewe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and acordinge to their lott thou shalt deuyde their lond both to the many and to the fewe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
their inheritance is apportioned according to the lot between many and few.”

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

Smith's Literal Translation
According to the lot thou shalt divide his inheritance between the many to the few.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
An inheritance will be divided by the voice of lots among many to few.

Lamsa Bible
According to the lots shall their inheritance be divided between the larger families and the smaller families.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.'

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
















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