Numbers 26:55
Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
56Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.
Cross References
Numbers 33:54And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families.
Numbers 36:2The Lord hath commanded thee, my lord, that thou shouldst divide the land by lot to the children of Israel, and that thou shouldst give to the daughters of Salphaad our brother the possession due to their father:
Joshua 14:2Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
Joshua 18:6The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts; and you shall come hither to me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord your God.
Joshua 19:1And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their kindreds: and their inheritance was
Joshua 19:17The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds.
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 →