Numbers 26:56

56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

Numbers 26:56 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:56

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,
&c.] 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.

Numbers 26:56 In-Context

54 To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.

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 their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.