Numbers 26:56

56 {Their} inheritance must be divided according to the lot between the larger and smaller [groups]."

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 For the larger group you must increase their inheritance, and for the smaller group you must make smaller their inheritance; each must be given {their} inheritance according to the number of the ones counted of them.

55 Surely the land will be divided by lot. They will inherit according to the names of the tribes of their ancestors.

56 {Their} inheritance must be divided according to the lot between the larger and smaller [groups]."

57 These [are] the ones counted of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.

58 These [are] the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. Kohath fathered Amram.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "His"