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52 Drive out all those living in the land. The statues of their gods are made out of stone and metal. Destroy all those statues. And destroy all the high places where they are worshiped. 53 Take the land as your own. Make your homes in it. I have given it to you. 54 Cast lots when you divide up the land. Do it based on the number of people in each tribe and family. Give a larger share to a larger group. And give a smaller group a smaller share. The share they receive by casting lots will belong to them. Give out the shares based on the number of people in Israel’s tribes.

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52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(A) 53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.(B) 54 Distribute the land by lot,(C) according to your clans.(D) To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.(E) Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.(F)

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