Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes. New Living Translation You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes. English Standard Version You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. Berean Standard Bible And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. King James Bible And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. New King James Version And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’s inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. New American Standard Bible You shall maintain the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass on land as an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. NASB 1995 ‘You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. NASB 1977 ‘And you shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. Legacy Standard Bible And you shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. Amplified Bible You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be [the location of] his [inheritance]. According to the tribes of your fathers (ancestors) you shall inherit. Christian Standard Bible You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes. American Standard Version And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And possess the land in the allotted portions of your families; you shall increase the inheritance for the large and you shall diminish the inheritance for the small, for whatever portion is allotted for the tribe of their fathers they shall inherit. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part a man's name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families. Contemporary English Version I will show you how to divide the land among the tribes, according to the number of clans in each one, so that the larger tribes will have more land than the smaller ones. Douay-Rheims Bible And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families. English Revised Version And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. GOD'S WORD® Translation Divide the land among your families by drawing lots. Give more land to larger families and less land to smaller ones. The land must be given to each family by drawing lots. Divide it among your ancestors' tribes. Good News Translation Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan. International Standard Version You are to divide the land among yourselves by lot according to your families. The larger the families are in number, the larger their inheritance is to be. The fewer the families are in number, the lesser their inheritance is to be. To whomever the lot falls, that inheritance goes to him. Divide it according to your ancestral tribes. JPS Tanakh 1917 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families--to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. Literal Standard Version And you have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many you increase their inheritance, and to the few you diminish their inheritance; to where the lot goes out to him, it is his; you inherit by the tribes of your fathers. Majority Standard Bible And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. New American Bible You will apportion the land among yourselves by lot, clan by clan, assigning a large heritage to a large clan and a small heritage to a small clan. Wherever anyone’s lot falls, there will his possession be; you will apportion these shares within your ancestral tribe. NET Bible You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes. New Revised Standard Version You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans; to a large one you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small one you shall give a small inheritance; the inheritance shall belong to the person on whom the lot falls; according to your ancestral tribes you shall inherit. New Heart English Bible You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. Webster's Bible Translation And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. World English Bible You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger groups you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. Young's Literal Translation 'And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Instructions for Occupying Canaan…53You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers. 55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.… Cross References Numbers 26:53 "The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. Numbers 26:54 Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered. Numbers 26:55 Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. Numbers 35:8 The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one." Joshua 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim--all the Sidonians--I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you. Joshua 14:2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Treasury of Scripture And you shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. ye shall divide Numbers 26:53-56 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names… give the more inheritance. Numbers 26:54 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 of him. give the less inheritance. Joshua 15:1-12 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast… Joshua 16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, Joshua 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. Jump to Previous Distribute Divide Inherit Inheritance Lot Small Tribe Tribes Wheresoever WhereverJump to Next Distribute Divide Inherit Inheritance Lot Small Tribe Tribes Wheresoever WhereverNumbers 33 1. The forty-two journeys of the Israelites50. The Canaanites are to be destroyed (54) And ye shall divide the land by lot . . . --See Numbers 26:53-56, and Note.Verse 54. - Ye shall divide the land by lot. These directions are repeated in substance from Numbers 26:53-56. Every man's inheritance. Not only the tribe, but the family and the household, was to receive its special inheritance by lot; no doubt in such a way that the final settlement of the country would correspond with the blood relationships of the settlers. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And you are to divideוְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם֩ (wə·hiṯ·na·ḥal·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate the land הָאָ֨רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land by lot בְּגוֹרָ֜ל (bə·ḡō·w·rāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting) according to your clans. לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people Give a larger תַּרְבּ֤וּ (tar·bū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great inheritance נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion to a larger clan לָרַ֞ב (lā·raḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great and a smaller תַּמְעִ֣יט (tam·‘îṭ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few inheritance נַחֲלָת֔וֹ (na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion to a smaller one. וְלַמְעַט֙ (wə·lam·‘aṭ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few Whatever אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that falls יֵ֨צֵא (yê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to each one ל֥וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew by lot הַגּוֹרָ֖ל (hag·gō·w·rāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting) will be his. יִהְיֶ֑ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be You will receive an inheritance תִּתְנֶחָֽלוּ׃ (tiṯ·ne·ḥā·lū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate according to the tribes לְמַטּ֥וֹת (lə·maṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe of your fathers. אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father Links Numbers 33:54 NIVNumbers 33:54 NLT Numbers 33:54 ESV Numbers 33:54 NASB Numbers 33:54 KJV Numbers 33:54 BibleApps.com Numbers 33:54 Biblia Paralela Numbers 33:54 Chinese Bible Numbers 33:54 French Bible Numbers 33:54 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 33:54 You shall inherit the land by lot (Nu Num.) |