Numbers 26:56
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New International Version (©1984)
Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups."

English Standard Version (©2001)
Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

American King James Version
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

American Standard Version
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.

Darby Bible Translation
according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.

English Revised Version
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

Webster's Bible Translation
According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

World English Bible
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."

Young's Literal Translation
according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According to the lot ... - This method was adopted not only in order to preclude jealousies and disputes, but also that the several tribes might regard the territories as determined for them by God Himself: compare Proverbs 16:33.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,.... It was by the determination of the lot that the land was divided by inheritance, and that was by the Lord, according to Proverbs 16:33.

between many and few; it was so ordered of the Lord by the lot, that the many should have a larger share, and the few a lesser.


Geneva Study Bible

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


Wesley's Notes

26:56 Many and few - That share, which shall by lot fall to each tribe, shall be distributed to the several families and persons in such proportions as their numbers shall require.


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

26:52-56 In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less. Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at last must be settled by the providence of God, with which all must be satisfied.


Numbers 26:55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.
Numbers 26:57 These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.
Ezekiel 47:22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who have settled among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Apportioned Decision Distributed Distribution Divided Inheritance Lot Ordered Possession Selection Smaller Thereof


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

these are Nu 35:2,3 Ge 46:11 Ex 6:16-19 1Ch 6:1,16

Of Gershon Nu 3:1 4:1

Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 56

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