Numbers 26:55

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Notwithstanding, the land{H776} shall be divided{H2505} by lot:{H1486} according to the names{H8034} of the tribes{H4294} of their fathers{H1} they shall inherit.{H5157}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Notwithstanding the land{H776} shall be divided{H2505}{(H8735)} by lot{H1486}: according to the names{H8034} of the tribes{H4294} of their fathers{H1} they shall inherit{H5157}{(H8799)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Notwithstondinge ye londe shalbe deuyded by lott and acordinge to ye names of ye tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott. Acordinge to ye names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Notwithstanding, the lande shalbe deuided by lot, & according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherite.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 26:56
    88%

    56 Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller groups alike.

  • Num 33:54
    87%

    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 26:53-54
    2 verses
    86%

    53 “Divide the land as an inheritance among these people, based on the number of names in each group.

    54 Increase the inheritance for a larger group and decrease it for a smaller group; each person’s inheritance is to be given according to the number of those registered in his group.

  • Ezek 47:21-23
    3 verses
    80%

    21 You are to divide this land among the tribes of Israel.

    22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you and have children. They are to be considered native-born Israelites and are to share the inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 48:29
    79%

    29 This is the land you shall divide as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Josh 19:51
    79%

    51 These were the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

  • Num 34:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

    18 You shall also appoint one leader from each tribe to divide the land as an inheritance.

  • Josh 14:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 These are the territories the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes allotted to the Israelites.

    2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

    4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

    5 The Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and divided the land.

  • Num 34:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    14 For the tribe of the Reubenites by their ancestral clans, the tribe of the Gadites by their ancestral clans, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

  • Isa 34:17
    77%

    17 He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Josh 18:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5 Divide the land into seven portions. Judah will remain in its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph will remain in its territory in the north.

    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.

    7 The Levites will not have a portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.

  • Josh 18:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Num 36:9
    75%

    9 'No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to retain its inheritance.'

  • Ezek 47:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This will be the boundary by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph receiving two portions.'

    14 You are to divide it equally among yourselves. I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

  • Num 36:7
    74%

    7 'Thus, no inheritance of the Israelites will transfer from one tribe to another, for each Israelite is to cling to the inheritance of their ancestral tribe.'

  • Ps 105:11
    74%

    11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.'

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    74%

    65 From the tribe of Gad, they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands.

  • Num 36:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 'Now, if they marry someone from a different tribe of the Israelites, their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Thus, their inheritance will be removed from the lot of our inheritance.'

    4 'And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are married and will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.'

  • Num 34:29
    74%

    29 These are the men whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • Josh 13:7
    74%

    7 Now divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 23:4
    74%

    4 See, I have allotted to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes, along with all the nations I have destroyed—from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

  • Deut 18:2
    73%

    2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Josh 13:33
    73%

    33 However, Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    73%

    18 He said, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

  • Acts 13:19
    73%

    19 And after He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

  • Ps 78:55
    72%

    55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance with a measuring line; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

  • Josh 15:20
    71%

    20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, by their clans.

  • Deut 18:8
    71%

    8 They shall share equally in their meals, regardless of the income from their family possessions.

  • Num 27:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

    11 If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 19:49
    71%

    49 When they had finished distributing the land by its borders, the Israelites gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun.

  • Num 35:8
    70%

    8 The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.

  • Ezek 45:1
    70%

    1 When you divide the land as an inheritance, you are to set apart a portion of the land as a holy offering to the Lord. The length is to be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand cubits. It will be a holy area throughout its entire boundary.