Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe. New Living Translation But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list. English Standard Version But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Berean Standard Bible Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. King James Bible Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. New King James Version But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. New American Standard Bible But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. NASB 1995 “But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. NASB 1977 “But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. Legacy Standard Bible But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. Amplified Bible But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers (tribal ancestors). Christian Standard Bible The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes. Holman Christian Standard Bible The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes. American Standard Version Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. English Revised Version Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors. International Standard Version but the land is to be divided by lot, inheriting according to the names of their ancestor's tribe. Majority Standard Bible Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. NET Bible The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. New Heart English Bible Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Webster's Bible Translation Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. World English Bible Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSurely the land is apportioned by lot; they inherit by the names of the tribes of their fathers; Young's Literal Translation 'Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit; Smith's Literal Translation But by lot shall the land be divided; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families. New American Bible But the land shall be divided by lot, all inheriting according to the lists of their ancestral tribes. New Revised Standard Version But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNotwithstanding the land shall be divided by lots; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated However the land will be divided in lots; they will inherit by the names of the families of their fathers. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Brenton Septuagint Translation The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Inheritance by Lot…54Increase 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. 55Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. 56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”… Cross References Joshua 14:2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Joshua 18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions. Ezekiel 47:22 You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD. Numbers 33:54 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. Deuteronomy 1:38 Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land. Deuteronomy 19:14 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. Joshua 13:6-7 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. / Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.” Joshua 19:51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land. Acts 13:19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. Hebrews 11:8-9 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— Genesis 17:8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” Treasury of Scripture Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Numbers 26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. Jump to Previous Ancestral Apportioned Decision Distributed Distribution Divided Heritage Inherit Inheritance Inherits Lot Names Notwithstanding Receive Sure Tribe TribesJump to Next Ancestral Apportioned Decision Distributed Distribution Divided Heritage Inherit Inheritance Inherits Lot Names Notwithstanding Receive Sure Tribe TribesNumbers 26 1. The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab52. The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land 57. The families and number of the Levites 63. None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai But the land The phrase "the land" refers to the Promised Land, Canaan, which God had pledged to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In Hebrew, "land" is "eretz," a term that signifies not just physical territory but also a place of divine promise and blessing. The land was central to Israel's identity and covenant relationship with God, symbolizing both physical sustenance and spiritual inheritance. must be divided by lot they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Indeed,אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely the land הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land must be divided יֵחָלֵ֖ק (yê·ḥā·lêq) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate by lot; בְּגוֹרָ֕ל (bə·ḡō·w·rāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting) they shall receive their inheritance יִנְחָֽלוּ׃ (yin·ḥā·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate according to the names לִשְׁמ֥וֹת (liš·mō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8034: A name of the tribes מַטּוֹת־ (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe of their fathers. אֲבֹתָ֖ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father Links Numbers 26:55 NIVNumbers 26:55 NLT Numbers 26:55 ESV Numbers 26:55 NASB Numbers 26:55 KJV Numbers 26:55 BibleApps.com Numbers 26:55 Biblia Paralela Numbers 26:55 Chinese Bible Numbers 26:55 French Bible Numbers 26:55 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided (Nu Num.) |