Numbers Chapter 26 verse 53 Holy Bible
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
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Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.
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Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names;
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Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
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To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names.
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To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
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`To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 53. - According to the number of the names. The intention clearly was that the extent of the territory assigned to each tribe, and called by its name (verse 55, b), should be regulated according to its numbers at the discretion of the rulers.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(53-56) Unto these the land shall be divided . . . --The general apportionment of the land, as regarded the relative position of each tribe, was to be decided by lot, which was commonly looked upon as the determination of God Himself, and in this instance was undoubtedly so. The extent of territory was to be determined by the number of names--i.e., of persons--in each tribe, and each inheritance was to bear the name of the ancestor of the tribe. Rashi says that the names of the twelve tribes were written on twelve scrolls of parchment, and twelve borders, or limits of land, on twelve others, and that they were mixed together in an urn.
