Numbers 26:56

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

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 a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers.

55 But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

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

57 These are the Levites as numbered according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Ko'hathites; of Merar'i, the family of the Merar'ites.

58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the He'bronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Ko'rahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.