Numbers 26:54 - Easy To Read Version

⁵⁴ A large family will get much land, and a small family will get less land. The land that they get will be equal to the number of people who were counted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁴ To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ To a large clan you will give a large inheritance, and to a small clan you will give a small inheritance. Each will be given its inheritance according to the number of its enrollment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ To the greater number you shall give a greater portion, and to the lesser number, a lesser portion. To each one, just as they have now been counted, a possession shall be delivered.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁴ To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less. To every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered:

Numbers 26:54 Cross References

Numbers 26:53

“The land will be divided and given to these people. Each family group will get enough land for all of the people who were counted.

Numbers 32:5

If it pleases you, we would like this land to be given to us. Don’t take us to the other side of the Jordan River.”

Numbers 33:54

Each of your families will get part of the land. You will throw lots [379] to decide which family gets each part of the country. Large families will get large parts of the land. Small families will get small parts of the land. The lots will show which family gets which part of the land. Each family group will get its part of the land.

Numbers 35:8

The large families of Israel {will get large pieces of land}. The small families of Israel {will get small pieces of land}. So the large family groups will give more cities and the small family groups will give fewer cities to the Levites.”

Joshua 17:14

The family group of Joseph spoke to Joshua and said, “You gave us only one area of land. But we are many people. Why did you only give us one part of all the land that the Lord gave his people?”

Joshua 19:9

Simeon’s share of land was within the area that Judah got. The people of Judah had more land than they needed, so the people of Simeon got part of their land.