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
Expanded Bible
51 So the total number of the ·men [L sons; T children] of Israel was 601,730.
52 The Lord said to Moses, 53 “·Divide [Apportion] the land among these people by the number of names. 54 A large tribe will get more ·land [L inheritance], and a small tribe will get less ·land [L inheritance]; the amount of ·land each tribe gets [L inheritance] will depend on the number of its people. 55 ·Divide [Apportion] the land by drawing lots, and the land each tribe ·gets [L inherits] will be named for that tribe. 56 ·Divide [Apportion] the land between large and small groups by drawing lots [Josh. 14:2; 18:6, 8].”
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