Numbers 26:55

55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

Numbers 26:55 in Other Translations

KJV
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
ESV
55 But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
NLT
55 But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.
MSG
55 "Make sure that the land is assigned by lot.
CSB
55 The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.

Numbers 26:55 In-Context

53 “The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.
54 To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.
55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.
56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”
57 These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Leviticus 16:8; Numbers 34:14
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