Numbers 26:53
Unto these, shall be apportioned the land as an inheritance by the number of names.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
In Context
52Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 12:2That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Joshua 1:6Be firm and bold,—for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers,—to give unto them.
Joshua 14:1And, these, are the inheritances which the sons of Israel received in the land of Canaan,—which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancestral heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave them to inherit.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep—into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,—And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
Ezekiel 47:22And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot as an inheritance, to yourselves and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten children in your midst,—so shall they be to you as a native among the sons of Israel with you, shall they cast lots for an inheritance, in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:5Happy, the meek; for, they, shall inherit the earth:
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 →