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Numbers 26:56

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Numbers 26:56 · King James Version

In other versions

  • According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

    ASV

  • As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.

    BBE

  • according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.

    DBY

  • According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

    WEB

  • according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

    YLT

  • According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

    ENG

  • According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few.

    WBT

  • Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

    BSB

In context

54To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

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