Old Testament

Numbers

Inheritance by Lot · 26:52–56

26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

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.

26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.