Numbers 26:54

New American Bible - revised edition

To a large tribe you shall assign a large heritage, to a small tribe a small heritage, each receiving its heritage in proportion to the number enrolled in it.

Cross References

Numbers 26:53

Among these the land shall be divided as their heritage in keeping with the number of people named.

Numbers 32:3

“The region of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Baal-meon—

Numbers 32:5

They continued, “If we find favor with you, let this land be given to your servants as their possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” Moses’ Rebuke.

Numbers 33:54

You will apportion the land among yourselves by lot, clan by clan, assigning a large heritage to a large clan and a small heritage to a small clan. Wherever anyone’s lot falls, there will his possession be; you will apportion these shares within your ancestral tribe.

Numbers 35:8

In assigning the cities from what the Israelites possess, take more from a larger group and fewer from a smaller one, so that each will cede cities to the Levites in proportion to the heritage which it receives. Cities of Asylum.

Joshua 17:14

The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one lot and one share as our heritage? Our people are too many, because of the extent to which the Lord has blessed us.”

Joshua 19:9

This heritage of the Simeonites was within the confines of the Judahites; for since the portion of the latter was too large for them, the Simeonites obtained their heritage within it. Zebulun.