Numbers 26:56
“According to the lot shall the possession thereof be diuided betweene many and few.”
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Numbers 26:56 Context
54To many thou shalt giue the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt giue the lesse inheritance: to euery one shall his inheritance be giuen, according to those that were numbred of him. 55Notwithstanding the land shall bee diuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherite. 56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be diuided betweene many and few. 57¶ And these are they that were numbred of the Leuites, 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 Leuites: 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 begate Amram.
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According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
- King James Version
"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller {groups.}"
- New American Standard Version (1995)