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Numbers 26:56 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. "
Numbers 26:56
Verse in Context
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To 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
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
And 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.
These 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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Numbers 26:1
"And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,"
Numbers 26:2
"Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel."
Numbers 26:3
"And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,"
Numbers 26:4
"Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt."
Numbers 26:5
"Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:"
Numbers 26:6
"Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites."
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