Numbers 26:51-56
New English Translation
Total Number and Division of the Land
51 These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.
52 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 53 “To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names. 54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance,[a] and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance.[b] To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.[c] 55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. 56 Their inheritance must be apportioned[d] by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”
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- Numbers 26:54 tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”
- Numbers 26:54 tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”
- Numbers 26:54 tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.
- Numbers 26:56 tn Heb “divided.”
Numbers 26:51-56
Amplified Bible
51 This was the [total] number of the [male] Israelites, 601,730 [twenty years old and upward who were able to go to war].
52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To the larger tribe you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller tribe the smaller inheritance; each tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers. 55 But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers (tribal ancestors). 56 According to the [location selected by] lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller [groups].”
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