Numbers 26:53
“The land is apportioned to these by inheritance, by the number of names;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
In Context
52And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Joshua 1:6be strong and courageous, for you cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.
Joshua 14:1And these [are] they of the sons of Israel who inherited in the land of Canaan, whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, caused to inherit;
Psalms 49:14They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
Ezekiel 47:22and it has come to pass, you separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel; they are separated with you for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:5Blessed the meek—because they will inherit the land.
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 →