55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
55 But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
55 "Make sure that the land is assigned by lot.
55 But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
55 But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.
56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups."
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller."
56 "Each group's inheritance is based on population, the number of names listed in its ancestral tribe, divided among the many and the few by lot."
56 According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller."
56 Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups."
(Read Numbers 26:52-56)
In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less. Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at last must be settled by the providence of God, with which all must be satisfied.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 26:55
Commentary on Numbers 26:52-56
(Read Numbers 26:52-56)
In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less. Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at last must be settled by the providence of God, with which all must be satisfied.