Numbers 26:55
What does Numbers 26:55 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 26:55 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit;
Context
v.54To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
v.55This passage
v.56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
- Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
- Joshua 17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
- Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
- Joshua 19:32
The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
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