21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

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21 “You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You are to allot it as an inheritance(A) for yourselves and for the foreigners(B) residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(C) 23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,” declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)

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21 (A)“So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 (B)You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and (C)for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. (D)They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God.

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21 “You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.(A) 22 You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens residing among you,(B) who have fathered children among you. You will treat them[a] like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe the alien resides, you will assign his inheritance there.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. 47:22 Lit They will be to you

21 “So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You shall divide it by (A)lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the (B)aliens who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an (C)inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares the Lord God.

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