Numbers 26:57
And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
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
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years.
Numbers 3:1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai:
Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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 →