Numbers 26:55
Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. They shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
56According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the many and the fewer.
Cross References
Numbers 33:54And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families. To the more ye shall give more inheritance, and to the few thou shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. Ye shall inherit ac
Numbers 36:2And they said, LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel. And my lord was commanded by LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Joshua 14:2by the lot of their inheritance, as LORD commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
Joshua 18:6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [it] here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before LORD our God.
Joshua 19:1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
Joshua 19:17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the sons of Issachar according to their families.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:53-57
52 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided… Read the whole commentary →