Numbers 33:54

New English Translation

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

Cross References

Numbers 35:8

The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

Joshua 13:6

I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.”

Joshua 14:2

The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Joshua 18:11

The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.