Numbers 26:53-56
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
53 (A)Among these the land shall be divided as their heritage in keeping with the number of people named. 54 (B)To a large tribe you shall assign a large heritage, to a small tribe a small heritage, each receiving its heritage in proportion to the number enrolled in it. 55 But the land shall be divided by lot, all inheriting according to the lists of their ancestral tribes. 56 As the lot falls the heritage of each tribe, large or small, will be assigned.
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