Numbers 26:55
Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families.
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In Context
56Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser.
Cross References
Numbers 33:54which you shall divide among you by lot. To the greater number you shall give more, and to the lesser number, less. To each one, just as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be distributed. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and families.
Numbers 36:2“The Lord has instructed you, our ruler, so that you would divide the land by lot to the sons of Israel, and so that you would give to the daughters of Zelophehad, our brother, the possession owed to their father.
Joshua 14:2dividing all by lot, just as the Lord had instructed by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes and to the one half tribe.
Joshua 18:6The land that is in the middle, between these, write it down in seven parts. And you shall come to me, so that I may cast lots for you about this, before the Lord your God.
Joshua 19:1And the second lot went out, for the sons of Simeon by their families. And their inheritance was,
Joshua 19:17The fourth lot went out to Issachar, by 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 →