Numbers 26:56

Their inheritance must be divided among the larger and the smaller clans, distributed to them by random lot.”

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In The King James Version

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

In Context

55However, the land must be divided by random lots. They must inherit the land as it will be divided among their ancestors' tribes.

57The Levite clans, counted clan by clan, were these: 1 Through Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites, 1 through Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites, 1 through Merari, the clan of the Merarites.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

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 →

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