Numbers 26:53
To these shall the land be divided for their possessions according to the number of names.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
In Context
52And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Joshua 1:6Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.
Joshua 14:1This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them:
Psalms 49:14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
Ezekiel 47:22And you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that shall come over to you, that shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as men of the same country born among the children of Israel: they shall divide the possession with you in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:5Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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 →