Numbers 26:53
Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
In Context
52And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
Joshua 1:6Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn unto their fathers to give them.
Joshua 14:1And this is what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, allotted for inheritance to them:
Psalms 49:14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
Ezekiel 47:22And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel: with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:5Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.
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 →