Numbers 26:51-56
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51 This was the number of the Israelites enrolled: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred thirty.
52 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “To these the land shall be apportioned for inheritance according to the number of names.(A) 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 enrollment.(B) 55 But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.(C) 56 Their inheritance shall be apportioned according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”
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Numbers 26:51-56
Revised Standard Version
51 This was the number of the people of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52 The Lord said to Moses: 53 “To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. 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.”
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