Bamidbar 26:56

56 According to the goral shall nachalah thereof be distributed between many and few.

Bamidbar 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.

Bamidbar 26:56 In-Context

54 To those large of number thou shalt give the larger nachalah, and to few thou shalt give the smaller nachalah: to every one shall his nachalah be given according to those that were numbered of him.

55 Notwithstanding, HaAretz shall be distributed by goral; according to the Shmot Mattot of their Avot they shall inherit.

56 According to the goral shall nachalah thereof be distributed between many and few.

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levi’im after their Mishpekhot: of Gershon, the Mishpakhat HaGereshuni; of Kehat, the Mishpakhat HaKehati; of Merari, the Mishpakhat HaMerari.

58 These are the Mishpekhot Levi: the Mishpakhat HaLiveni, the Mishpakhat HaChevroni, the Mishpakhat HaMachli, the Mishpakhat HaMushi, the Mishpakhat HaKorechi. And Kehat fathered Amram.