Numbers 26:57
And these are the sons of Levi, after their families: of Gershon, the families of Gershon; of Kehath, the family of Kehath; of Merari, the families of Merari.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
56By the lot shall their inheritance be divided among the many and the few.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon and Kehath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Numbers 3:1And these are the generations of Aharon and Mosheh in the day that the Lord spake with Mosheh in the mountain of Sinai.
Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kehath and Merari.
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 →