Numbers 26:56

56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

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Numbers 26:56 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller."

NLT

56 Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”

MSG

56 "Each group's inheritance is based on population, the number of names listed in its ancestral tribe, divided among the many and the few by lot."

CSB

56 Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller [tribes]."

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 26:56 In-Context

54 To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.

55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

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.

58 These also were Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan. (Kohath was the forefather of Amram;

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Numbers 26:56 Meaning and Commentary

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