Numbers 26:53 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition53 “Divide the land of Canaan among these tribes, according to the number of people in each one, Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176953 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition53 To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible53 The land will be apportioned to these as an inheritance according to the number of names. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version53 "The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their names. Féach an chaibidil |
Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.
Nine and a half tribes still did not have any land, although two and a half tribes had already received land east of the Jordan River. Moses had divided that land among them, and he had also said that the Levi tribe would not receive a large region like the other tribes. Instead, the people of Levi would receive towns and the nearby pastures for their sheep, goats, and cattle. And since the descendants of Joseph had become the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, there were still nine and a half tribes that needed land. The Lord had told Moses that he would show those tribes how to divide up the land of Canaan. When the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of the families and tribes of Israel met to divide up the land of Canaan, the Lord showed them how to do it.