Numbers 26:55

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone.

Proverbs 18:18

Casting the lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.

Ezekiel 47:22

You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who reside among you and have fathered children among you. They shall be to you as native-born of Israel; with you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 26:56

Their inheritance shall be apportioned according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

Numbers 33:54

You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans; to a large one you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small one you shall give a small inheritance; the inheritance shall belong to the person on whom the lot falls; according to your ancestral tribes you shall apportion it.

Numbers 34:13

Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, “This is the land that you shall apportion by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe,

Numbers 36:2

they said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the Israelites, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

Acts 1:26

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Joshua 11:23

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.

Joshua 14:2

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

Joshua 17:14

The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, whom all along the Lord has blessed?”

Joshua 18:6

You shall write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 19:1

The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; its inheritance lay within the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 19:10

The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun, according to its families. The boundary of its inheritance reached as far as Sarid;

Joshua 19:17

The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the tribe of Issachar, according to its families.

Joshua 19:24

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its families.

Joshua 19:32

The sixth lot came out for the tribe of Naphtali, for the tribe of Naphtali according to its families.

Joshua 19:40

The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its families.