Numbers 26:55

God's Word

But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:33

The dice are thrown, but the Lord determines every outcome.

Proverbs 18:18

Flipping a coin ends quarrels and settles ⌞issues⌟ between powerful people.

Ezekiel 47:22

Divide it by drawing lots. This land will be for you. It will also be for the foreign residents who live among you and have given birth to children while they lived with you. Think of them as Israelites. They will draw lots with you for their inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 26:56

Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots.”

Numbers 33:54

Divide the land among your families by drawing lots. Give more land to larger families and less land to smaller ones. The land must be given to each family by drawing lots. Divide it among your ancestors’ tribes.

Numbers 34:13

Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you will divide by drawing lots. The Lord has commanded that this land will be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes.

Numbers 36:2

They said, “Sir, the Lord commanded you to give the Israelites their land by drawing lots. The Lord also commanded you to give the land of our relative Zelophehad to his daughters.

Acts 1:26

They drew names to choose an apostle. Matthias was chosen and joined the eleven apostles.

Colossians 1:12

You will also thank the Father, who has made you able to share the light, which is what God’s people inherit.

Joshua 11:23

Joshua captured the whole land as the Lord had promised Moses. He gave it to Israel as a possession, dividing it among the tribes. So the land had peace.

Joshua 14:2

The land inherited by the nine-and-a-half tribes was determined by drawing lots as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Joshua 17:14

Joseph’s descendants asked Joshua, “Why did you give us only one region for an inheritance? We have a lot of people because the Lord has blessed us.”

Joshua 18:6

You must describe the seven parts of the land and report to me here. I will draw lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.

Joshua 19:1

The second lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Simeon. Their inheritance was within Judah.

Joshua 19:10

The third lot was drawn for the families descended from Zebulun. The border of their inheritance goes as far as Sarid.

Joshua 19:17

The fourth lot was drawn for the families descended from Issachar.

Joshua 19:24

The fifth lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Asher.

Joshua 19:32

The sixth lot was drawn for the families descended from the tribe of Naphtali.

Joshua 19:40

The seventh lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Dan.