Verse 55

But the division of the land is to be determined by lot; they will receive their inheritance based on the names of their ancestral tribes.

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  • Num 33:54 : 54 You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.
  • Num 34:13 : 13 Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.
  • Josh 11:23 : 23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.
  • Josh 14:2 : 2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.
  • Josh 17:14 : 14 The descendants of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, 'Why have you given us just one lot and one portion for an inheritance, when we are a numerous people, as the LORD has blessed us to this point?'
  • Josh 18:6 : 6 Write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring it to me here. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
  • Josh 18:10-11 : 10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites, according to their divisions. 11 The lot of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their clans, came up. The territory allotted to their lot lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
  • Josh 19:1 : 1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon by their families. Their inheritance was within the inheritance of the descendants of Judah.
  • Josh 19:10 : 10 The third lot came up for the descendants of Zebulun by their families. The border of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
  • Josh 19:17 : 17 The fourth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Issachar, according to their families.
  • Josh 19:24 : 24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher, according to their families.
  • Josh 19:32 : 32 The sixth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali, according to their families.
  • Josh 19:40 : 40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
  • Prov 18:18 : 18 Casting lots settles disputes and separates strong opponents.
  • Acts 1:26 : 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the kingdom of light.
  • Rev 7:4-8 : 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand; 6 from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; 7 from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; 8 from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.
  • Num 26:56 : 56 Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller groups alike.