Numbers 26:53

53 "The land is to be parceled out among these as a possession to be inherited, according to the number of names.

Numbers 26:53 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:53

Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance
That were numbered, and to none else:

according to the number of their names;
and for this end was the number of them now taken, that the land might be equally divided among them; women and minors, or such as were under twenty years of age, had no share in it; and even only those who were at that age at this time; so Jarchi says, it was not divided to any that were less than twenty years of age, even though they came to be full twenty before the division of the land; for they were seven years subduing it, and seven years dividing it, yet none took any part of it but these 601,730: nay, he says, if a man had six children they took but their father's part only.

Numbers 26:53 In-Context

51 Thus those who were counted of the people of Isra'el numbered 601,730.

52 ADONAI said to Moshe,

53 "The land is to be parceled out among these as a possession to be inherited, according to the number of names.

54 To those families with more persons you are to give a greater inheritance, and to those with fewer you are to give a smaller inheritance - each family's inheritance is to be given according to the number counted in it.

55 However, the land is to be awarded by lot. They will inherit according to the names of the tribes of their ancestors,