Numbers 26:55
The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
56Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.
Cross References
Numbers 33:54And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part a man’s name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.
Numbers 36:2and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Joshua 14:2They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.
Joshua 18:6And do ye divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will give you a lot before the Lord our God.
Joshua 19:1And the second lot came out for the children of Simeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Judah.
Joshua 19:17And the fourth lot came out to Issachar.
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 →