Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Parallel translations
- WEB “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
- BSB “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
- NKJV “To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
- NASB “Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.
- NLT “Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.
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Quick answer
The land is to be divided as an inheritance proportioned to the number of names in each tribe.
Overview
God commands that the land be allotted according to tribal size, ensuring fairness so larger tribes received larger portions. The principle reflects God's just governance, and the very word inheritance points forward to the imperishable inheritance kept in heaven for believers (1 Peter 1:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Josh 14:1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
- Josh 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- Ps 105:44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- Dan 7:27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Rev 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Rev 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
- Gen 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Matt 5:5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- Ezek 47:22And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
- Gen 12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Ps 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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