The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Numbers 26:55 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. American Standard Version (1901) Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Common English Bible The land, however, will be apportioned by lot. They will inherit according to the names of their ancestral tribes. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families. |
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.’
You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
So Moses commanded the Israelites, ‘This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.
They said, ‘The Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites. My lord was further commanded by the Lord to give our brother Zelophehad’s inheritance to his daughters.
Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the land allotted to each tribe. After this, the land had rest from war.
Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,
Joseph’s descendants said to Joshua, ‘Why did you allot us only one tribal territory as an inheritance? We have many people, because the Lord has been blessing us greatly.’
When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.
The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of his descendants by their clans, but their inheritance was within the inheritance given to Judah’s descendants.
The third lot came up for Zebulun’s descendants by their clans. The territory of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid;
The fourth lot came out for the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans.
The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher’s descendants by their clans.
The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan’s descendants by their clans.