Numbers 26:57
Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites.
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56Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindred: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Now the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
Numbers 3:1These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the Lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.
Numbers 3:17and there were found the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershom, 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 →