Numbers 26:53
To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Joshua 1:6Be strong and quit thyself like a man, for thou shalt divide the land to this people, which I swore to give to your fathers.
Joshua 14:1And these are they of the children of Israel that received their inheritance in the land of Canaan, to whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave inheritance.
Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; 1 And pay thy vows to the Most High. 1
Ezekiel 47:22Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in their inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
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 →