Bible verse
Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
Numbers 26:56 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 26.
52 Then the LORD said to Moses,
53 “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
54 Increase 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.
55 Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
56 Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
57 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
58 These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
KJV
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
ASV
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
ERV
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
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