"Among thesethe landshall be dividedfor an inheritanceaccording to the numberof names.
And I will makeyou a greatnation,And I will blessyou, And makeyour namegreat;And so you shall be a blessing;
The LORDappearedto Abramand said,"To your descendantsI will givethisland."So he builtan altarthereto the LORDwho had appearedto him.
Saying,"To you I will givethe landof Canaan,As the portionof your inheritance."
He gavethem also the landsof the nations,That they might takepossessionof [the fruit of] the peoples'labor,
As sheepthey are appointedfor Sheol;Deathshall be their shepherd;And the uprightshall ruleover them in the morning,And their formshall be for Sheolto consumeSothat they have nohabitation.
"You shall divideit by lotfor an inheritanceamong yourselves and among the alienswho stayin your midst,whobringforthsonsin your midst.And they shall be to you as the native-bornamong the sonsof Israel;they shall be allottedan inheritancewith you amongthe tribesof Israel.
Then the sovereignty,the dominionand the greatnessof [all] the kingdomsunderthe wholeheavenwill be givento the peopleof the saintsof the HighestOne;His kingdom[will be] an everlastingkingdom,and allthe dominionswill serveand obeyHim.'
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"To the larger[group] you shall increasetheir inheritance,and to the smaller[group] you shall diminishtheir inheritance;eachshall be giventheir inheritanceaccordingto those who were numberedof them.
You shall inheritthe landby lotaccording to your families;to the largeryou shall givemoreinheritance,and to the smalleryou shall givelessinheritance.Whereverthe lotfallsto anyone, that shall be his. You shall inheritaccording to the tribesof your fathers.
"Blessedare the gentle,for they shall inheritthe earth.
"Be strongand courageous,for you shall givethispeoplepossessionof the landwhichI sworeto their fathersto givethem.
So Joshuatookthe wholeland,according to allthat the LORDhad spokento Moses,and Joshuagaveit for an inheritanceto Israelaccording to their divisionsby their tribes.Thus the landhadrestfrom war.
Now theseare [the territories] whichthe sonsof Israelinheritedin the landof Canaan,whichEleazarthe priest,and Joshuathe sonof Nun,and the headsof the householdsof the tribesof the sonsof Israelapportionedto them for an inheritance,
and nothingunclean,and noone who practicesabominationand lying,shall evercomeinto it, but onlythosewhose names are writtenin the Lamb'sbookof life.
"You have madethem [to be] a kingdomand prieststo our God;and they will reignupon the earth."
