Numbers 26:53
'To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
In Context
52And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Joshua 1:6be strong and courageous, for thou — thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.
Joshua 14:1And these [are] they [of] the sons of Israel who inherited in the land of Canaan, whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, caused to inherit;
Psalms 49:14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
Ezekiel 47:22and it hath come to pass, ye separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel, with you they are separated for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:5'Happy the meek — because they shall inherit the land.
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 →